I have. When I was a teenager, I looked for freedom, no matter the cost. I wanted things my way, and I broke all the rules. I left home, left school, and jumped on a runaway train headed for failure. Many of my choices resulted in devastation.

But God ...

I was wounded, but God healed me.

I failed everyone around me, but God redeemed me.

I was bathed in guilt, but God forgave me.

I was abandoned, but God never took His hand off me.

And when I needed hope, God saved me.

Life is hard, and people let you down, but there is a God in heaven who knows your pain, and He wastes nothing. What the enemy means for harm God will use for His glory.