“God never wastes a hurt.” This line has come up a few times of late and last night as I was meeting with the small group of men for our Step Study (Celebrate Recovery group) it surfaced again. One of the guys was stating how much his ugly past has helped others when he began to let God use his past hurts. One of the other guys is very new to his recovery. He is also seeking counseling as well as this study. He is speaking his own past for the first time working to find his own freedom from it. He said it sure helps him to know that God not only heals our hurts, but He can even use them to help others.

Words are powerful. When we share our story, the words we use are alive and powerful in God’s Hands. I see this with much clarity now. As the group last night was just finishing, my phone rang. It was a client I’d met with earlier in the day. He is going through an ugly divorce and has 2 young girls. I called him when I was driving home so he could talk. As I got up this morning I already had a message from him saying how God had spoken to him through his devotional time. Words are powerful. We should never forget this!