Sometimes downpours can be both blessings and burdens but when the flood ends and you see no one left standing with you, remember that you asked God to remove your enemies and He doesn’t do partial payments. We won’t always understand the assignment but obedience is better than sacrifice.

Our perception matters; sometimes it’s not about what is happening but about how we view and react to it. What is our state of mind? Are we reacting like victors or victims?

It’s not in our power to work to become deserving of God’s grace and mercy. But in our “as seen in real life” state, He saw us and chose us. So whether it’s physical, emotional or spiritual pain that we have, and or will experience, this isn’t a reflection of God disregard for us. It’s actually more likely the opposite.

I hope we take a few meaningful moments to reflect on the showers of blessings we sometimes take for granted all year round, and give thanks.

He is an unfailing God with a spotless record, and that is what He brings to the table. If He has brought us to this point, then there is nowhere else we are meant to be. His ways are the highest, His thoughts the clearest, His love the deepest, and His plans the best.

Nothing is new under the sun, as harsh as that may sound. Nothing we go through is unique to any of us. We are the unique element in our situations.

Some experiences may leave us feeling raw, broken, vulnerable, imperfect, and lost. With unwavering faithfulness our Father patiently waits for us, even as we stumble time and again. Our "before and after" comparison will tell its own story.

Sometimes for our light to shine brightly, we need to be placed not on a hill but in a dark cave or a night sky.

Episode 3 delves into what can cause us to stumble. But through it all, only the Almighty sees us in the future, He knows our next and our tomorrow. We may be stumbling through obstacle after obstacle but keep going.

Slip and falls were not designed to be the end of our stories. And fall is not a failure, it’s a lesson to be learnt from. We oftentimes make the mistake of not seeing the lesson in the fall.