Isaiah 55:8 (NRSV) — 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.

Isaiah 55:8 (The Message) — 8 “I don’t think the way you think.

The way you work isn’t the way I work.”

Isaiah 55:8 (NET) — 8 “Indeed, my plans are not like your plans,

and my deeds are not like your deeds,

Proverbs 3:5 (GW) — 5 Trust the Lord with all your heart,

and do not rely on your own understanding.

 

2 Corinthians 3:18 (GW) — 18 As all of us reflect the Lord’s glory with faces

that are not covered with veils,

we are being changed into his image with ever-increasing glory.

This comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

 

Our journey of life

must take us through valleys of pain

so that we emerge as

truth-filled children of God

who know their own story

of His Interaction in our lives.

 

Pain is transformed by His Glorious Truth!