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Nothing is Wasted

part 5 of "Good God" series


Well, this is final week of the “Good God” series. I hope that it has been a blessing to you as it has me. The content of these posts was timely. I had fun exploring a little bit deeper into this idea of a good God. But there is still one more thing to look at and to be honest it is the hardest to look at. This idea is not always well received and that’s because it is hard to accept. In this post, I want to talk about how nothing is wasted. All of the stuff we experience in life is not wasted - the good or the bad. All of these things actually prepare us for the future. They prepare us to help others. It really does depend on how we look at it.

As I gave mentioned on this blog, I experienced something that was very hard for me. I also know that what I experienced lands at a 3 on a scale of 10 compared to the stuff that others might face. But for me this experience was an 8. It was hard for me. When I experienced my divorce, it was one of the hardest things I ever had to face. The way that 8 years of a relationship was just thrown away by a selfish act of adultery and the subsequent decision to not work it out - neither of which were my choice - was hard to take.

The different feelings that set in for me as time passed. The feeling of being alone. The feeling of being deserted. The feeling of having done something wrong. The feeling of having not done enough to change what happened and the outcome of it. The feeling of loss. The feeling of heartache for my kids. This was indeed a period of time.

But as my story slowly began to come out as I shared with people of my church, I realized that I wasn’t alone in this. The people that I had volunteered with for many years began to come to me a tell me of their stories of divorce and the heartache they experienced.

One of the people talked to me and told me the story of his divorce and I have to say it sounded a lot like mine - but was worse. I was just told about what happened from her. He actually experienced the process of catching his former wife. He was able to sympathize with me and he knew all that I was feeling. But he knew it from a different level - the level of catching the act and not just hearing about it.

The other person I had a conversation with was the first one that came to mind when it all unfolded. He had told me the story of his divorce in the past and that is why I knew he was first person to go to. 7 years prior to the events that unfolded in my life, God has planted a seed that would only be realized 7 years from the time it was planted. I can remember him telling me this story. He was a pastor at the time and was work in the church when he was served papers for his divorce. He was served those papers at his desk! He subsequently lost his job as a pastor at the church as well as his marriage. I remember him telling that he lost his marriage and job in the same day. Talk about all of the things I listed above.

But there is one thing that these two stories have in common - nothing from their experiences was wasted. They were both able to get through it and were able to help me through my experience. Nothing will be wasted from my experience either as one day I will be able to help somebody as well.

Let’s go back to the baker illustration from last weeks post. The human baker tried to get as much of the batter out of the bowl so that little is wasted. But the human baker falls short because there is always something left on the bowl - even after scraping and scraping. But God - whom I illustrated as the baker - uses everything from the bowl. Every little thing. The Bible says this:

“You’ve kept track of my every toss and turn through the sleepless nights, Each tear collected in a bottle, each ache written in your book.” - Psalm 56:8 NLT & MSG

God keeps track of everything and everything will have a purpose one day. The things we experience now in our life are preparing us to help others in the future. Even though what we go through hurts a lot and we do not understand why we are going through it - God is collecting all of those tears in a bottle. Then one day, when we are ready, an opportunity will present itself and we will be able to help someone too!

God leaves nothing in the bowl!




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