So I wrote this....Opinions? 
Every time you blink something
in your life changes. Literally. This kind of change happens so much in our
everyday lives, we barely even stop to notice. Unless the change is some sort
of turning point. Whether it changes one small part or all of your life, it
changes. Good or bad. After this change takes place, we stop and feel the pain,
or relief that comes with it. Often we question God, and his will. Why would he
let this happen? What did I do to deserve this? Why me? Change almost always affects you in a good
way, even if it takes a while. He has a reason, but it is our choice whether or
not we choose to trust him.
Pain is inevitable,
misery is optional. I’m sure you’ve heard this quote at some point in your
life. But how often do you stop, and have faith in the truth it speaks? Many people have pain in their life. In fact,
you would be hard pressed to find someone who has experienced the “perfect”
life. It just doesn’t happen. Friends get cancer; relatives give their lives
for their country. We get sick, parents get divorced. It never ends. But we
have this incredible gift. Jesus. His death allows us to trust that God will
never leave us. He loves us just like we were His own children. We are perfect
in His eyes. He loves us that much. He
gives, or allows us, to have pain. Because we are too stubborn to listen or
turn to him without something making us so desperate for a safe place that we
go to Him. We are always able to do
that, but we don’t until we have no other choice.
How incredible is it
that we have complete access to a God who will never leave us? Pretty darn
incredible. He gives us that pain, or change, so we will depend on Him. Knowing
the next time something hurts, we can go to Him first, and be safe. We won’t
ever have to find shelter in anyone else. We have him. He is dependable.
Trustworthy. Passionate. Loving. Faithful. Infinite. Always beside us. Through everything.
“My response is to
get down on my knees before the Father, this magnificent Father who parcels out
all heaven and earth. I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit—not a brute
strength but a glorious inner strength—that Christ will live in you as you open
the door and invite him in. And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on
love, you'll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant
dimensions of Christ's love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its
length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the
fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:17-19
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