It seems like so many people are struggling and suffering right now.
This has been a very rough year for my family. This week marks one year that my nephew passed away. It’s been devastating.
I can also tell tell by the large amounts of prayer requests coming my way, that many are hurting and broken.
When asked, “why me?” All I can say is that God dwells in the dimension of eternity. His objective is to love us and have us love Him in return.
Christians have an eternal perspective:
“We do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal”
2 Corinthians 4: 16-18
The Apostle Paul said, “I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”
Romans 8:18
Sometimes we have to enter the pain. There is no other route to true joy.
Unfortunately, our world is sinful. We face many tragedies each day, such as cancer, diseases of various kinds, murder, child abuse, animal abuse .. and the list goes on and on.
We do live in an imperfect, fallen world, and the Bible says that it rains on the just and the unjust.
From the very beginning, from the very start, from day one, God created the world perfect in every way Imaginable to man. There was no evil, suffering, hate, jealousy, strife or depravity. But then….
Man enters, trouble starts!
Immediately, they began lying, deceiving, blaming one another and of course they rejected God (as some still do in this present age), and as a result, sin entered into the world.
So, the world we live in now, the world as we know it, isn’t at all how God intended it to be. In fact, Man corrupted it.
I heard it put this way, I thought it was fitting;
Imagine pulling on the string at the bottom of your sweater and it begins to unravel. Adam and Eve started the unraveling of human kind as we know it. And it begin to unravel and continues to unravel to this day.
And this human sin and depravity has led to all the chaos we’re surrounded with.
Hate, murder, sin and debauchery have all been prevalent in our world since that time of said unraveling.
I’ve heard this many times before, (too many times to count) “I can’t believe in a God that allows evil things to happen.”
Listen folks, if there is evil, then there must be good. If there is light, there is darkness.
You cannot have one without the other.
So, in Order blame God for these tragic events, we have to assume that we don’t fully know his character.
Over and over again, scripture tells us of the character of God.
When he saw sin, he addressed it.
When he saw pain, he healed it.
When his friend died, he wept.
When we called on him, he answered.
God is:
•Loving. 1 John 3:1
•Faithful & Righteous. Psalm 145:17
•Sovereign & Just. Psalm 103:19
•Compassionate. Psalm 103:8
•Refuge & Help. Psalm 46:1
And the list goes on…
CS Lewis said; “A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.”
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways. . . . As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Isaiah 55:8-9
As we struggle with life and with life’s events, let us fix our eyes on the unseen, which is eternal rather than with the seen which is temporary.
And Remember, we are not alone in this struggle. God promises to be with you and get you through this time of intense loss, disappointment and loneliness.
Only God can heal a shattered heart!
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Psalm 147:3
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted”
Matthew 5:4
The Lord will wrap His arms of love and comfort around those who trust in Him.
“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand”
Isaiah 41:10
Praying for those hurting today, That you’d draw your strength from Christ!
Pray for our family and those that are hurting.
Many Blessings,
Connie
