Sometimes life throws us a "curve ball" that can leave us dazed and confused. When those times come, we need to focus on the truth of who God is. While we don't always understand His ways, we can rest in His promise that He will never leave us nor forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:6).
The God of All Comfort
I used to clean an elderly couple’s home and in their one
bathroom was a little sign that read, “Don’t regret growing older. It’s a
privilege denied many.” Though I read it
every time I cleaned, I never thought much about it until this past year. The tragic death of a close friend at the age
of 37 and most recently the passing of an 8-year-old child at my daughters’
school after battling a brain tumor has brought home to me the fragility of
life.
Their deaths have also left me asking God, “Why?” While I can find no value in their departure
from this earth, I also know that there are many things that I will not
understand on this side of heaven nor am I meant to.
I’m reminded of this in Isaiah 55:8-9, which
says, “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,
declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so
are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.”
In this time of confusion, I’ve decided to go back to what I
KNOW for sure: God is good, He is a very present help in time of need, He heals
the brokenhearted, He loves my friend and this child and is with them in
heaven, and He cares more for their families than I ever could.
As I grieve, I will be speaking these truths to myself and I
encourage others who may be mourning the loss of a friend or loved one to do the
same. Grieving is a process and we need
to allow ourselves time to be comforted.
Healing and comfort will come. God is faithful and He will bring it to pass.
2 Corinthians 1:3-5 “Praise be to the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all
comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort
those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. For
just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our
comfort abounds through Christ.”
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