God gets us through

Haven't we all wondered if it really is true that God won't give us more than we can handle? I know there have been many times that I have asked that question. It seems that the world and satan throw us so many curve balls in life. Yet somehow we survive it. When we are right in the middle of it, it feels unbearable. But once we reach the other side, we feel stronger and wiser. It is a painful process that we go through to be molded into holy and godly people. It starts when we are born, and I am guessing that it keeps going until we die. I see a big increase in the "pain" during the teen years. My heart goes out to the teens in our youth ministry. They are dealing with so much and have so little knowledge of how to handle most of it. I guess that we all learn by experience, and by failure and success. It is so hard to watch others go through it and not be able to express what you learned when you went through it the way you want to express it. I hope to get better at this as I have opportunity to talk to them about their struggles.