Recycled blessings...

"God doesn't comfort us to make us comfortable, HE comforts us to make us comforters"...
From my daily reading, let me think about this...
So, pretty much HE didn't put me in a beautiful home with a beautiful family and wonderful friends simply because, "I'm Becky"???? Annnnd I'm supposed to learn from the ordeals in my life so that I can one day help others with their own situations??? I get, so I can give back; and I cannot have more until I learn to give. How 2 fold is that? AMAZING!!!! Like recycling...LOL. GOD is green!
On a personal level, doesn't it ease some of the pain to know that one of the reasons we face obstacles is so that we can help others get through them as well?
It's easy to "reach the top" and forget how far you climbed to get there. It's even easier to become so consumed in your own battles that you don't share what you're going through, or how you dealt with it and lose the opportunity to help someone else...
I have been thinking of a new job search, but it occurred to me this week how this position has helped me, not only in my personal life, but also to give advice and insight to family and friends. I'm in a position to learn from what I do. Sometimes we end up in a place, not just for the current and obvious goal, but for a goal still unknown to us...