Needing a Kneading

Need

1. a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation
2. a lack of something wanted or deemed necessary
3. a necessity arising from the circumstances of a situation or case 

Knead

1. to work (dough, clay, etc.) into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding and stretching
2. to manipulate by similar movements, as the body in a massage

I don't know about anyone else, but life has a peculiar way of absolutely humbling us.  I can honestly say my life has been quite the journey over the past few years.  From losing basically everything, to enduring the literal fight for survival, it can be said I have overcome a lot.  I am aware that there are people out there who may have it much more worse than I, and it's for that reason I do my best not to ever complain.

If we are completely honest, we have all come to that crucial stage where we ask ourselves or "What the .... else can possibly happen?" I know I asked myself that question within the past several days, and yet I ended up coming to one conclusion......There has to be a purpose for all the trials that we go through! Yes, there are times that seems like the easiest answer to give when someone is going through, but there has to be some level of truth to it right?  Then a certain revelation came to me.....While I was concerned about what I felt I needed, I was in the process of actually being kneaded!

The video below explains in great detail the "kneading" process...

Here are the main highlights:

• The purpose of it is to mix the necessary ingredients (flour and water) in order to add strength to the final product.  
• The process warms and stretches the dough, which in turn causes it to become springy and elastic.  If it's not stretched enough, it will not be able to hold the gasses and particles caused by the yeast.  If this takes place, the dough will collapse, leaving it heavy, dense and it's basically useless.
• At the conclusion of the kneading process is when yeast is applied, which is when the dough can begin to RISE (the technical term is "prove")
• Once the dough has been proved, it still has to endure another process where it's knocked and punched down, which removes any large air pockets which have formed in the dough.  The way to tell if the dough has been finished is when you are able to poke it and the texture bounces back to its' original form.

Life has a way of putting us through a similar process.  So many of us know what it is to have been seemingly tossed all over the place.  We have experienced being emotionally punched and dragged all over the place.  When it comes to our finances, we may have been knocked and punched down and left in a state where things look bleak.  It could even be sickness in our bodies and the doctors giving us a not-so-good prognosis.  Yet there is a method behind all of the madness.  We cannot truly RISE until we have experienced the entire process.

I don't know who this is for, but please don't give up during this fight of and for your life.  You may be wanting to know why this all is happening to you and when it will be all over, but we must recognized this process is necessary.  We truly need to be kneaded so that everything that shouldn't be in us is able to leave, which in turn will cause us to be in the position to rise. 

One of the most powerful aspects of this is that you will finally get to the point where when you are punched or poked and will be able to bounce back from it.  You thought you were strong before, but life has away of revealing our true strength.  Just like lifting weights, in order for our muscles to increase strength, they must be stretched to their furthest limits.  

Similarly, kneading takes place when one receives a massage on a region of the body.  When one does the kneading process on the muscles, it releases the toxins and everything that's within them.  They say the best sign to know you have received a great massage is if you have to use the restroom.  Life also has a way of kneading out the things that are causing harm to us.  

This is definitely the season where you will bounce back and in turn be able to conquer those things that at one time held you down.  Even when you were at your lowest point, that was only the beginning of one of the greatest comebacks known to mankind!

Finally, once the kneading and every other test has taken place, the dough is then placed in a hot oven.  Every instance someone lie on you, treat you like a pure dog, or do any other manner of evil against you, do not shrink into the role of a victim.  Just keep enduring the heat because it's only after then you will come out as a pure and perfect product.  I believe in you and your ability to overcome any obstacle set in your way.