Learning Through Trials

Times of trial can provide space to learn a lot from God. They can open our ears, which is a strangely beautiful gift in the midst of this truly awful time. 

One section of scripture that has come to mind is Lamentations 3. I think we are all in a time of lament. We're grieving the loss of life as we knew it. We're grieving the loss of businesses as we knew it, or of business models as we knew them. And we're having to re-imagine things. 

In Lamentations, the writer starts to speak about how he's lost faith. He's feeling like he's grinding gravel in his teeth and is really at the bottom of the pit. You can just imagine that visual coming to life and you're grinding gravel in your mouth. That's about what some of life feels like sometimes, right? 

Especially for us as business leaders, as people of God, there's a heavy weight on us. But that weight becomes so light when we do what the scripture says. Lamentations 3:21-23 says, “But I call this to mind and therefore I have hope. The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. His mercy has never come to an end. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.” 

I love how scripture allows us to lament. It allows us to grieve. It allows us to wrestle. And yet, when we are intentional about calling our hope to mind, we not only get that ourselves, but we get to give it back to other people.

Lara Casey

Lara Casey Isaacson is a mom to three, a grateful wife, and a believer in the impossible. As CEO of Cultivate What Matters, Lara is the creator of the best-selling PowerSheets Intentional Goal Planner, the Write the Word Bible journals, and has authored two best-selling books.

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