The Tribune

By Kevin LA Ewing

IN order to understand what will be good for you in the future, and in order to even recognise good when it comes along, you must go through a period of experiencing the opposite of what you are hoping for,

As human beings, our ability to determine what is good will always come from comparing it something we are labelling as bad.

For example, if you were to say to me that you have a good man in your life, then based on the laws of life this automatically suggests to me that you've had a bad man before.

I want to point out to someone this morning that the bad that's happening or going on in your life right now, if viewed from a positive perspective, is a gentle head's up to you. Not only will you experience good in the future, but what you're going through currently is necessary for you to understand, recognise and decipher that which is good is when it comes.

The reality is your situation can not go on forever. In fact, the laws of life will not allow it to, because like the law of temporary dictates, there is a time and a season for everything. (Ecclesiastes 3:1)

Therefore, because every situation, feeling and event is temporary, we can fairly conclude that its purpose was to condition us for something else.

Those that find themselves repeating temporary problems, remember, it is a clear sign that you're spending time complaining instead of learning to move on to the next phase.

My words of wisdom for this wonderful spirit-filled morning are simply this: those who complain will always make what was supposed to be a temporary situation feel like forever.