Summary

The article discusses three life lessons that the author believes God is teaching through difficult times: the importance of maintaining communication with God during both hardships and ease, the value of learning from past life lessons, and the reassurance that despite life's challenges, everything ultimately works out.

Abstract

The author reflects on personal experiences of hardship, particularly the loss of their mother, to convey spiritual insights. They acknowledge the ongoing struggle with grief and the quest for understanding God's messages in daily life. The author emphasizes that God communicates through subtle whispers and the actions of those around us, reminding us to be grateful, to remember our purpose, and to trust in the journey even when it seems tough. The lessons are presented as divine teachings to help navigate life's complexities, with the overarching theme that hardship is a path to growth and that faith can provide comfort and perspective.

Opinions

The author expresses a belief that God's voice is found in the quiet moments and through interactions with others, including "consequential strangers."
There is a personal admission of forgetting to express gratitude during easier times and the importance of maintaining a dialogue with God, especially when life becomes financially challenging.
The author suggests that recurring difficulties are opportunities to revisit and apply past lessons, viewing them as blessings rather than setbacks.
The article conveys a strong sense of trust in God's plan and the exercise of free will, with the conviction that life's outcomes are ultimately positive, even if the path is not easy.
The author finds comfort in the idea that their mother's difficult life and peaceful passing are evidence that things work out in the end, despite appearances to the contrary.
The author encourages readers to recognize divine appointments in everyday interactions, such as a conversation with a friend, as meaningful and purposeful moments ordained by God.

3 Lessons God Is Teaching You When Life Is Hard

Lesson #3 — Life is hard, but everything works out in the end.

What is next?

I have been feeling sad for the past weeks, and I miss my Mom more each day. But I know she is watching over me and all of us in the family.

It was starting to look OK. I am slowly rebuilding my life with a quiet acceptance of a life without Mom. But I also know that grief never ends.

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And one day, I begin to ask,

“What am I still doing here?”

God doesn’t speak to you directly.

It took me years to recognize God’s voice, not that his voice will come as a roaring voice in the night, but as a gentle whisper.

And it is not that God will wake you up in your sleep or show himself to you. Instead, he will speak to you through the surrounding people, through your family and friends, and from consequential strangers.

It happened again last night.

My best friend asks me to come over, and last night we had a deep conversation. I opened up “again” about my feelings lately.

And before we slept, I told him, tonight God was speaking to me through you.

So I came here to hear Him remind me of the lessons I have already learned in the past that I have forgotten.

Lesson #1 — Life is hard because you forget to talk to God when it is easy.

I am guilty.

When everything is right, I forget, even to say. Thank you at night, that it was an easy day.

A roof above my head, hot meals when I am hungy and a job that I love, writing.

Why am I still financially not Ok?

I am not jealous of my friends who have money.

And, I don’t find happiness in money, except I know it makes life easy, and I am only human to want an easy life.

Now that I know where to get the next rent or the expected money windfall from writing doesn’t come, I begin to have conversations with God again.

While I know God always listen, He can always tell me, that you are here because life isn’t easy these past few days right? But he never does.

The truth is, I am provided. All I have to do is ask. As a result, I never fail in my rent, I have food on the table, and every financial obligation is met.

And how many times have money come in mysterious ways, sometimes even without me asking, and did I always say, Thank you, God?

Lesson #2 — Life is hard to remind you of a forgotten life lesson you learned from the past.

I told my friend last night that I hate myself when I feel stuck, and I feel I am back to my old self.

When the same situation happens and when the same problems occur, I find myself looking back at the past and feel unhappy about why I am back to experiencing hurt, loss, and sadness?

My friend had this to say,

Don’t you feel blessed that God is reminding you of the life lessons you seem to have forgotten?

Others aren’t given the same opportunity, or even if they do, do they recognize it?

Lesson #3— Life is hard, but everything works out in the end.

It was a lesson I hang to every day.

A lesson my Mom taught me as she was dying. My Mom didn’t have an easy life. In the last seven years of her life, she was a dialysis patient.

When she died in February 2021, she didn't die alone. Instead, she died at home, surrounded by her family and by our love.

She said her goodbyes properly.

She said “I love you” to everyone, words she was never known to say, as she always has shown love through her actions.

In the end, everything worked out for my Mom.

Final Thoughts

As I went to sleep, my heart was eased, my mind found answers. I always say everything has a reason, and in life, there are no accidents.

It wasn’t an accident that I visited my friend. It was a date with God.

The next time, I ask myself,

Why am I still here?

I have to look back to this day as a gentle reminder of three things;

Show gratitude all the time.
You have a purpose why you wake up each day.
Let go, and Let God.

If we already know what God’s plan is or what will happen tomorrow, we will act differently, and the best gift God has given humanity is free will.

I have to trust that God will lift me again and again, even if I fall or think I fail.

Because life works out in the end, and it will be OK!