Why God works the way He does sometimes
Why food that tastes so good is so bad for you
Why food that tastes so good is so bad for you
Why a man wearing a helmet who protects his country earns less than a man wearing helmet who protects a football
Why so many of our government officials on both sides are often too selfish and egotistical to worry about how the rest of the country is being affected by their stubbornness
Why some lives are cut way too short
Why all of my best friends don't live in the same place
Why we have yet to find a cure for cancer
Why I detest going to the grocery store so much
Why some people can be so close-minded
Why non-alcoholic wine does not taste even remotely like wine
Why the days can sometimes feel so long but the years so short
Why I have so much energy at 7:00 am but relatively none at 7:00 pm
Why I have been spared when others have not
But.
Here is what I do understand.
There is nothing so valuable on this earth as love
We can do hard things
Sometimes we need others to help us do hard things
One day this will all make sense
Family and friends make the world go 'round
We are stronger than we think we are
Sometimes our faith is all we have. Some days it feels like enough. Some days it doesn't.
Love wins
Not knowing God's plan right NOW is really, really frustrating
What doesn't kill us, makes us stronger
Sometimes a good cry and glass of wine is the best medicine
Perfect is over-rated
Life is hard. Really hard. But also good. Really good.
Why we have yet to find a cure for cancer
Why I detest going to the grocery store so much
Why some people can be so close-minded
Why non-alcoholic wine does not taste even remotely like wine
Why the days can sometimes feel so long but the years so short
Why I have so much energy at 7:00 am but relatively none at 7:00 pm
Why I have been spared when others have not
But.
Here is what I do understand.
There is nothing so valuable on this earth as love
We can do hard things
Sometimes we need others to help us do hard things
One day this will all make sense
Family and friends make the world go 'round
We are stronger than we think we are
Sometimes our faith is all we have. Some days it feels like enough. Some days it doesn't.
Love wins
Not knowing God's plan right NOW is really, really frustrating
What doesn't kill us, makes us stronger
Sometimes a good cry and glass of wine is the best medicine
Perfect is over-rated
Life is hard. Really hard. But also good. Really good.
amen.
ReplyDeletethis makes me think of a passage in isaiah....
(55:8-9)
"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."
and i'm reminded that if i did understand it all, then i wouldn't need Him. it doesn't make it any easier and it definitely doesn't mean i don't question, "why?" but i do know that at the end of the day, He is still good. and He is still the same God as He was yesterday. and if i choose to trust Him during the good times and believe that He is a good God, then i also choose to trust Him during the hard times and believe that HE is STILL good, even when life's circumstances are not. i think that's the hard part of faith..... CHOOSING to hold on, when everything in you wants to let go. but it's worth it. it's always, always worth it.
Amy, you have no idea how much this means to me today. Thank you so very, very much for this. I will be re-reading it every day for awhile....
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