It’s easy to trust God when everything is going ok. It’s a different story sometimes when you’ve just been sucker-punched in the gut and the bottom has fallen out from under you.
It’s one thing to intellectually understand that God can see the whole picture while we can only see a part of it. It can be quite another to grasp that emotionally. I’m finding it somewhat difficult to choose to trust God when it feels like He’s really just set us up for a fall and let us down.
Now don’t worry, I’m not falling off the bandwagon of faith. Sometimes it’s just really easy to wonder “why.”
That’s the measure of faith, I guess, does it survive the difficult times. And when it does emerge from the other side, it’s that much stronger.
4 Responses
May 12th, 2006 at 10:56 pm
Been there, Tom. When He has tried you, you will come forth as gold. You’re in our prayers.
May 13th, 2006 at 12:51 pm
Faith by its nature demands that it be tested. Read Heb. 11. You get a good picture of the tests that some went through. The questions still remains unanswered. “When He (Jesus) comes, will he find faith in the earth?”
May 14th, 2006 at 7:28 am
I love the transparency….
I wonder the same thing lots of times.
May 15th, 2006 at 10:25 am
Knowing that God is in control is actually a lot more assuring than we realize. Imagine what it’s like for non-believers who get sucker-punched in the gut. They don’t even have the assurance that we have.
You and Jewel are in my prayers.