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Never Again!

Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth."
Genesis 9:16

In Genesis, when Noah preached about rain, it was a symbol of judgment. But after the flood God said, ‘‘never again will [I] destroy all life. I will see the rainbow and remember My eternal promise to every living being’’ ( Genesis 9:15-17 TLB ). From that point on, rain became a symbol of blessing. Maybe you’ve been to hell and back and you’re afraid it’s going to happen again. Don’t be! Just keep walking with the God Who promised: ‘Never again!’ When God turns the thing that should have destroyed you into a blessing, you’ll be able to look back and say, ‘The suffering You sent was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to Your principles’ (Psalm 119:71). Without it, you’d never have discovered: (a) that isolation creates determination and makes you lay hold of God (b) the power of your own prayers (c) what God can accomplish in the face of adversity (d) that when He heard you crying in the night, your tears were so precious that He collected them in a bottle (see Psalm 56:8) (e) that the Angel of the Lord protected you when the enemy wanted to destroy you (see Psalm 34:7) (f) that God didn’t need your friends to support you in order to bless you (g) that He alone brought you through, because He saw the rainbow and remembered His promise!

Prayer
Heavenly Father, out of pain comes gain – in you there is always a blessing, a lesson learned, a new direction in my life. In Jesus’ Name, Amen