My Purpose

I was reading The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. He said in a chapter I read recently: "God intentionally allows you to go through painful experiences to equip you for ministry to others." I had a hard time trying to figure out how David's putting mescaline in my cheese sandwich then raping me equipped me to help others. Today it occurred to me that, however, David and the so-called boyfriends who successively treated me worse and worse did equip me to be a Suicide Prevention volunteer. I did volunteer with them in the past; I think when I get my car fixed, I'll volunteer again.