My friend, Katie, said not too long ago that she loves to be used. For a second ,I thought it was one of the worst things she could've said, but then, I began to realize she meant that she loves to be used by God. So I agree, I love being used.

We have a God who loves us and wants only the best for us. And He uses us. He has a plan for us that is only the best. Yes, bad things happen to us during that plan, but it's only because something better is coming. Sometimes bad things need to happen to us for us to be molded and to grow stronger. Because when you're stronger, you can help someone else who is going through the same thing. You can take a lot of the pain away because you went through it, too. He has a plan, and while sometimes we suffer, we know He suffered the worst and understands our suffering. Jesus was tempted, too. Jesus suffered pain, too. Jesus experienced distance from God, too. Jesus cried, too. He gets it.

"About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?' (which means 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?')." -Matthew 27:49

"Jesus wept" -John 11:35

I love being used by a God who wants to use me to show others love, joy, patience, appreciation, and so much more. He uses us to love others like how He loves them, except He loves them more than we could. He uses others so that they can pour blessings on to us, so we can pour blessings on to others, and it continues in a cycle. He uses our suffering to bless others and to bless us.

He wants us to push through the pain because He is using us, He is going to use this pain, He is going to use our suffering, He is going to use what we gain from these trials and temptations to make us and others stronger. And He is never done teaching us, He is never done using us.

"Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope." -Romans 5:3-4