one of those posts where I talk about the other side of my life so pardon me for getting emotional.
Lately, I have been thinking about the things I have that I don't deserve and why is it that other people in my life are going through so much. I don't understand why things are the way they are. Why did God give me my husband? Someone I trust with my whole life. Someone who loves me unconditionally. When so many are just looking for someone to love them. Why are my kids healthy when so many are not, losing their life before they should? Why are some born into chaos, forced to deal with their parents stupidity? Why did He choose my sister to be sick? Why didn't He save her? Why are so many people in my life struggling? Fighting their own battles from sickness to unemployment to wayward kids. Nothing seems to make sense.
The other day, I was very upset about a lot of things and felt tears welling up. I went to pick up Joshua from school and a lady came up to me and said some things were going on in her life and she doesn't understand what God is doing.
How strange was that!
I said how ironic that you say that because I am struggling with the same thing. On the way back to our cars, I broke down and cried...right there on the street in front of a complete stranger. She hugged me and offered to pray for me. As our conversation went on I found out we both have the same name and have sisters with the same name but what really sticks out in my mind about the conversation is the part when we talked about how you never really know what is going on in someones life. They can just be going through motions but on the inside they are hurting. Do you really know what someone is going through? Do they put on a good charade? The person behind you in line at the grocery store, the mom at school, your teenage kids, your parents, maybe even your spouse. I often wonder why people act the way they do but maybe that is their way of coping. I don't know what they are dealing with. Maybe it's something they don't deserve, maybe they just found out bad news, maybe they lost someone they love, maybe they're jobless, maybe their kids are acting out. I know that this is something I need to work on in my life. Everyday I am reminded to be kind and not quick to judge because behind every person is a story and maybe just like that stranger was for me you are the person they need right there in their life at that moment.
Here's a video of a song that goes good with this post...
3 comments:
that is a beautiful and profound post, sherry. God bless you.
You have such a beautiful heart!
i wonder the same question that you have, i have been extremely blessed too and wondered why. well, all i can do is be grateful and thank God sincerely. but the main reason to why i am writing this utterly random post is that i wanted to answer your question. whenever somebody is in trouble or going through something, the first thing they do is start picking at God. why did he do this, why me. but they dont ever think that He gave me so much, every single breath that we take,even feeling happy , even if its temporary, is because of him.i mean, he Is the God, owner of everything. With one words, literally everything can simply collapse. its because of him. and if he wants to simply test us, test our trust in him, rather than passing the test we start picking on him. whenever something bad happens to me or my family, i think that he is testing us.and i am gonna pass it. so i pray with all my heart, believe in him and pray to give me strength to believe in him and to pass the hard time.. its all about the trust,there is so much more to the word God,than one can possibly understand.and then there is the possibility that you have the wrong religion. sorry for this totally random post, i was just looking through blogs and ur caught my eye. Interesting household you have ^_^
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