An Experience

In recent days i have been going through some really trying times in my life and and with tears welling down my eyes, i asked the Lord whether he can identify with what iam really going through. Its been almost 11 years now since i know the Lord and experienced his Love and the power of his redemption which transformed my life much to the surprise of the people around me who already had an image of me imprinted on their minds, one for whom there is little hope. But in his infinite mercy had alreay chosen me from my Mother's womb called me and drew me towards himself and since then, the eventuality of his working begun in my life and his work continues till he brings it into completion and the Character of Christ himself is ingrafted in me. It had been a while till i could really identify with St. Paul when he said that there is nothig that can really seperate us fom the Love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.. But what about the times when we don't experience his Love and we are burdened with the pressures of this life and God does not seem to be in the scheme of things. What about the times when God does not answer our prayers in the manner we expect him to? What about the times when wee feel let down by God and he is no where in our sight? Well,we could justify these times with many rationalizations but it really does not change the reality that there is NOTHING THAT CAN REALLY SEPEREATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD. And when it is all over you discover that God was just besides you although you felt you were left all alone to battle the daily struggles, what you thought was tearing you apart was infact building you and giving you strength to greater endurance. I have heard of this term more than once now that "God is more interested in our Character rather than our Comfort" This may be one of the basic tenets of the Christian life, that all that God lets us experience in our lives is to build up the Character in us which is being transformed and fashioned to the image of Jesus Christ and will be perfected one day.