I recently read the article called "God Will Give You More Than You Can Handle." In short, this post says that whoever came up with the phrase "God won't give you more than you can handle" obviously is living in a different universe. God will give us hard times because it's in those hard times that we realize we need God. If God didn't give us more than we could handle, we would be able to do everything on our own, and that's not God's plan for our lives. We learn so many lessons from each hardship that we endure. And when we ask God to be with us through it all, our relationship with the Lord grows ever stronger. "God will give us increasingly more than we can handle so that He, in His infinite grace, can root out our sin and replace it with a deeper love for Him and His strength" (Kristen Leigh Evensen). The writer's points were all very valid and I encourage you to read the post.
This summer, I experienced many situations where I could not, by my own reason or strength, do it on my own. I needed God. One example occurred toward the end of the school year when I found out that my school was offering a summer math class to get ahead. I really wanted to do it, but I also realized that my worst grades all year were in math. I was very skeptical and kept going back and forth. Yes, I even made a pro and con list. Eventually, I agreed to keep with it. Here I am, with one more day and one more test left. I have had to retake a couple tests here and there, but overall, I couldn't be more proud of all my hard work. There were countless times where I did not know the material and thought I never would. There were times where I would finish a test and think, "I know I didn't do so hot on that test." Through this experience though, I found myself praying to God to help me and to carry me through it all. He answered all my prayers. When I thought I didn't do so hot on a test, I would find out that I did just fine. When I was feeling down about a previous test, my next text would be 100%. To me, these are mini-miracles. Mini-miracles are what strengthens my relationship with the Lord. It's when a mini-miracle happens that I fall to my knees and cry because God is SO, SO good. So yes, taking a full year math course in 4 months was something I could not handle on my own, but with God I have overcome the challenge and strengthened my relationship with Him.
