Lately I've had some questions about what God does in everyone's lives. Why he does what he does. Someone once told me that God doesn't want bad things to happen to you, but there is evil in the world. Sometimes things happen you don't understand. You aren't supposed to understand them. But God is there to comfort you. What kind of an answer is that? If God is all powerful and knows all...then why can't the evil things that happen to good people, happen only to the people in life that deserve it? People who...for example, murder another person? Or rob innocent people of their retirment funds and livelyhood. Why can't tragedies, struggles, and disappointments strike them instead? Make the bad things in life happen to others. I'm tired of watching people around me struggle and grasp for understanding when the simple honest truth is...there is no understanding. Maybe I'm not supposed to understand it all...and one day, when I'm standing up to meet my judgement...God will lay out a book in front of me with answers to questions I never understood. Questions that rocked my faith. So right now...I'm searching and frustrated. God has blessed my life in so many ways. I am so happy with my own blessings I could bust out into sparkly little pieces of happiness. But that furthers the frustration. And today...my heart is heavy just the same. My frustrations aren't for that of my own life right now...though one day I'm sure I'll be grappeling these same questions over something that has happened to me...for now though...today...they are for someone I love. God help me find answers.
With my heart already heavy for things I can't understand, I stumbled upon this blog today. I do not know these people...but I think because of having Owen, my heart was struck with grief for them. They lost their son at 364 days old. I just don't know how I would go on. Amazingly enough they seem strong and faithful to God. I haven't experienced this kind of loss so I can't say what I would do. But maybe they are the proof out there that though God doesn't always give us what we ask for or expect...he gives us strength in times when we don't have any left.
Thanks for reading.
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There are so many things that I want to ask God when I get up there too. "Why do bad things happen to good people???" I guess we aren't supposed to know all the answers. I just try to hope that everything happens for a reason. Sometimes that reason is just to help others in similiar situations. I love you. I will be praying for you to get answers.
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