Faith is trusting God even
when you don’t understand his plan. Anonymous
We may not always understand why things happen the way they
do. Wrapping our mind around life’s occurrences leaves us trying to figure out
why certain things happen when they do. It leaves us questioning God and
asking, why. Why Lord, why? I use to
find myself asking this question every time something tragic would happen in my
life. I could never understand why God would allow such things to happen when
and how they do. Why would he allow anyone to experience such pain?
Eventually I learned through prayer and having conversations
with other prayerful and Godly people that God allows us to go through things
and experience things to become closer to him. Sometimes, having such tragic
events occur in our lives causes us to surrender and lean only on God. He’s our
source of strength in times of trouble. He’s our provider, healer, and
deliverer in times of distress.
As I have become older and find myself having a closer
relationship with God, I find myself leaning on him more than ever in my life.
He’s my comfort in time of turmoil. I find myself, only because I’m a work in
progress, not questioning why as much anymore. Now, when things happen unexpectedly
in my life I try and look at it in a positive light. I try a more rational
approach just to hold it all together and to make sense of it all. I still
fight with it but what gives me comfort is when I lean on God’s words that he
will never leave us nor forsake us.
Last Thursday, I lost a beloved cousin from Natchitoches,
Louisiana. When I received the call from my mother, I was shocked. No words
could explain what I was feeling. A wave of numbness came over my entire body.
It felt as if I was experiencing an anxiety attack. Several different times, as
I was trying to take in the news, I kept experiencing the numbness over my
entire body. It was a feeling that was unexplainable. I wanted to make sense of
it all but was having a hard time wrapping my head over what I had just heard.
Sadness came over me when I started thinking about his parents, siblings and
daughter. He had also just had a baby boy less than three months ago. A wave of
emotions came over me, just thinking about all of that.
My daughter called me shortly thereafter crying. In trying
to comfort her, all I could tell her was that God needed him more. She said
mama I know but Todd mama, Todd. I said I know, I know. She is crazy about her
Cane River family. I tried to explain to her that we had to look at it in a
different light. He died doing what he loved. Farming was his life. His
heritage and legacy. We have to trust God’s plan of why he called Todd home at
such an early age. It gives me so much comfort, but does not alleviate the pain
to know that I have grown in my faith to trust God’s plan. I don’t understand
it but I trust it.
In strengthening my relationship with God and learning to
trust Him I have develop the tools that allow me to think more rationally when
unexpected things happen. While I am still in disbelief, shock, and still experience numbness
over my entire body as I continue to think about what has occurred, I do find
comfort in knowing he has joined his paternal grandparents
and uncle in heaven. I know he’s in great company. Although, I believe it was
too early for him to leave us, it gives me comfort to know we have gained
another angel that will protect and watch over us.
If you are finding it hard to trust God’s plan when you
experience difficulty in your life, I suggest you start off reading some
scriptures about trust. Our God is so trustworthy! Here
are a few of my favorite that I turn to:
Trust in the LORD
with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your
ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Prov. 3:5-6
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Commit your way to
the LORD; trust in him, and he will act. Psalm 37:5
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Peace I leave with
you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not
your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. John 14:27
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In the day of my
trouble I call upon you, for you answer me. Psalm 86:7
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God is our refuge and
strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1
Losing someone is always hard especially when it’s
unexpectedly. The first question is always, why? In times of discouragement and
sorrow, look to the Bible to be encouraged and consoled by the God of all
comfort. While we may never find out or understand why things happen in our
lives, at least we can find comfort in God’s word.
Let’s Chat:
How are you learning to trust God’s plan?
What verses do you find comfort in when you are experiencing
difficulty in your life?
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