"God allowed this divorce to teach me something or build my character through suffering."
How it sounds in your head: Everything happens for a reason, right? God must have allowed your family to blow up because you needed to learn something. This pain is a classroom and you better figure out the lesson or it's wasted suffering.
"The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."
-- John 10:10Source: Religion's twisted theology that makes God the author of evil to protect His sovereignty.
People keep saying 'God works all things for good' and 'this will make you stronger.' If God didn't cause it, He at least allowed it, which feels like the same thing.
Disciples asked Jesus, 'Who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?' Jesus said 'NEITHER - this happened so God's works could be displayed.' God didn't CAUSE the blindness to teach a lesson. He used the existing situation to reveal His glory through instant healing.
I REFUSE the lie that God caused my parents' divorce to teach me. IT IS WRITTEN that the THIEF comes to steal, kill, destroy - but Jesus came to give ABUNDANT LIFE. This pain is from the enemy, NOT my Father. IT IS WRITTEN that every good gift comes from above. The man born blind wasn't punished or taught - he was HEALED to display God's glory. I DECLARE God is REDEEMING this, not CAUSING it. He's the restorer, not the destroyer. The barak blessing turns EVERY attack into breakthrough.
The Father isn't sitting in heaven designing your suffering curriculum. He's grieving WITH you, already working the miracle that will make the enemy regret ever touching your family.