As I sit here tonight my heart is heavy. heavy and breaking for those who are mourning and suffering as I type these words. Though we know that God is good, and though we know that His will is perfect, and though we know that He is loving, it doesn't change the fact that life is hard and many times we have no clue, no understanding whatsoever, as to why the Lord chooses to work in the ways He does. Just in the last few days I have heard of 2 more people being diagnosed with cancer, 1 high school junior dying of brain cancer, and a mother of two dying unexpectedly. I turn on the TV and I see war, people dying, people losing their lives day after day. I change the channel and pictures pop up on the screen of starving children who don't even have clean water to drink much less a bed to sleep in. My heart yearns to understand why the Lord works in the way He does. I know I may never have full understanding as to why mothers, fathers, and babies die from awful, painful diseases.or why some children are beaten, abused, and neglected. or why we must fight a seemingly never ending fight with fathers, mothers, and children dying every day to protect our country. Though I know I am not called to understand all these things they are heavy on my heart tonight. I may not know many things but I do know a few things for certain...
God is God and God is good no matter what happens.
God causes all things to work for His good and our joy.
God is loving and sovereign even when we can't see it at the time.
God has not called us to an easy life, but has promised us we will never walk alone.
Proverbs 3:5-6
"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. in all your ways submit to Him and He will make your paths straight. "
I pray tonight that though we may luck understanding, we never lack trust in our Lord and Savior, our Father, our Healer, our Comforter, and our Redeemer. He is good and gracious and only His love will set us free from the pain of this world.
In Him.
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