The quietness of my house feels the air around me, it sounds so good =). My boys are sleeping, Keith is sleeping and Grace is off babysitting. So I sit here thinking about my day, what I accomplished, what I could have done different and what tomorrow will bring.
Today I sat with a friend of mine, listening to her as she shared with me some issues she was dealing with. Issues that she was needing a christian friend and words of encouragment. God places people, situations and times in our lives to make us stretch our faith. And this is what is happening with my friend.
So as I sat and listened, I prayed. I prayed for the right words, at the right time. Words that would lead her to an answer, or towards christs arms. Then a question came up, Why? Why would God allow this to happen to my family? A question I've asked myself over and over again, many times through my life. When my marriage was failing, when my son died, when my sons were diagnosed with CF and so on. WHY seems to be a question that is always asked when things go wrong in our eyes. When things are going good, we never ask WHY.. Why God are things falling right into place? Why are my Kids being great? Why is my marriage filled with so much love. NOPE, we wait till things are bad, then the questions start.
But I thought as a child when we were allowed to do something we wanted did we ever ask why? NOPE only when we were told we couldn't do it. God is the same way, He gives us freedom that is called a freewill. He ALLOWS things to happen as a teaching stone for us. One we can look back on and remember the pain, hurt, discontent and striff. One where we always remember the scar from the freewill. Sometimes we have to be allowed to fall, to learn a lesson that God is intending for us to grasp. God doesn't want to see us hurt, be in pain, see marriages fail, and have us deal with death. SIN as brought this into the world, it wasn't what God intended for his creation, our freewill brought us pain and suffering.
We just need to remember we have a God who is there to hold us, comfort us, love us and pick us up, brush us off and put us back on our two feet. We can't protect our children from the pain of learning either can God. He can only love us and guide us through the storms.
Today I sat with a friend of mine, listening to her as she shared with me some issues she was dealing with. Issues that she was needing a christian friend and words of encouragment. God places people, situations and times in our lives to make us stretch our faith. And this is what is happening with my friend.
So as I sat and listened, I prayed. I prayed for the right words, at the right time. Words that would lead her to an answer, or towards christs arms. Then a question came up, Why? Why would God allow this to happen to my family? A question I've asked myself over and over again, many times through my life. When my marriage was failing, when my son died, when my sons were diagnosed with CF and so on. WHY seems to be a question that is always asked when things go wrong in our eyes. When things are going good, we never ask WHY.. Why God are things falling right into place? Why are my Kids being great? Why is my marriage filled with so much love. NOPE, we wait till things are bad, then the questions start.
But I thought as a child when we were allowed to do something we wanted did we ever ask why? NOPE only when we were told we couldn't do it. God is the same way, He gives us freedom that is called a freewill. He ALLOWS things to happen as a teaching stone for us. One we can look back on and remember the pain, hurt, discontent and striff. One where we always remember the scar from the freewill. Sometimes we have to be allowed to fall, to learn a lesson that God is intending for us to grasp. God doesn't want to see us hurt, be in pain, see marriages fail, and have us deal with death. SIN as brought this into the world, it wasn't what God intended for his creation, our freewill brought us pain and suffering.
We just need to remember we have a God who is there to hold us, comfort us, love us and pick us up, brush us off and put us back on our two feet. We can't protect our children from the pain of learning either can God. He can only love us and guide us through the storms.
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