3/24/15
When I think of all that is going on around me it boggles my
mind. A woman is undergoing the trauma of having a huge blood clot in her brain
and needs surgery. My brother in law is suffering terribly due to surgeon
mistakes operating on a mass in his stomach. Someone I know has gone through a
huge business upheaval due to the workings of her partner who was set to
destroy her. A young mother I know has
serious health issues in her family who are back in her home country. She feels
she must go and she will. However she is worried about her two young children
who have never been separated from her for much time. A family who lives nearby
has just lost a 19 year old child, and they are suffering the crippling pain of
loss. The father of a friend just passed away a few weeks ago from an
unexpected illness. I have misplaced an envelope with more than $1,000 (cash) in
it that will have to be replaced to pay a bill, if it is not located.
You know there are those who say where is God? Why does He
let this torment and affliction continue in the lives of His children. Thoughts
of all the miracles and wins we have had in our lives are temporarily forgotten
in the face of whatever adversity we are facing. Then people start to blame God
for not doing a better job to plan and protect them. “How can He…..?”
“Why didn’t He…..?”
“How can a loving God allow such pain and hurt in the lives of His people that the Bible says He loves so much?”
We forget to ask ourselves if it could be possible once the storm has passed that we might be better and more wise people from weathering the tempest. We should be willing to wait rainbow that follows the storm,
We also forget the scripture in Isaiah…
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.
“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
neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.
“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
It is true that we do not know God’s actual plan for us, and
how every blessing and challenge fits into that plan. The thing we can know is
that He does have a plan for us. It is a promise given in the Bible, and God
keeps His promises.
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord,
“plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11
“plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11
Written by
Corinne Mustafa
Corinne Mustafa
It is good to know that God has a plan for us and even when we have challenges they also fit into His plan.
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