Are You Going Through A Painful Season
A R E. Y O U. G O I N G. T H R O U G H. A. P A I N F U L. S E A S O N? I am reading an incredible book by Aaron Fruh called “The Esther Decree”. During Esther’s year long preparations before seeing the King, the preparations began with six months of treatments with myrrh, to remove every blemish or wrinkle. Aaron describes this season of bitterness and pain…. “The myrrh season is a time when God is cutting through the outer layers of my heart and grinding down the residue of my callousness that is keeping me From His favor! It is the season when God by his mercy has revealed to me some issues that need correction and healing and I am (sometimes reluctantly) submitting to the process of maturity. It is the season when God takes my hardened tears, grinds them down and turns them into free flowing tears of rejoicing. It is the season when God heals my wounds that caused my tears to be hardened in the first place!” Fruitfulness doesn’t come until we have gone t...