Trust God~

TGIF Greetings~

 

I read a news article earlier this week that says that beer drinkers, pregnant women, and o blood types are the top mosquito targets. Now I know why Jorge, who is type A, can be outside in the middle of a mosquito swarm and never get bitten. Where as I, being currently pregnant--NOT--I am am type o blood, can be indoors, fully swaddled, and one little preemie mosquito will find the tiniest slit in my clothing and attack and become so engorged on my blood that it swells to three times its normal size.

 

Nevertheless, sometimes it's good to get the answers.

 

But in reality there are many things we will never understand or know. And sometimes these unanswered questions, many of which are born out of painful life experiences, tend to get us riled up at God.

 

Okay--I will not judge you; I will only speak for myself.

 

"Why did my dad abandon us?"

 

"Why did my mom die so young leaving me with so much responsibility?"

 

And when I asked God these questions He was very silent. Perhaps there is no answer that would have satisfied me anyway.

 

And yet in the pursuit of finding answers that would bring me peace I discovered a foundational truth, and it has to do with the verse from earlier this week.

 

Hebrews 11:1 (Message Version) "The fundamental fact of existence is that trust in God, faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It’s our handle on what we can’t see."

 

It all boils down to a choice: Either trust God or don't. When we trust God, life is worth living. Somehow, someway, taking the time to get to know God has a way of making everything else--the pain of life included--pale in comparison. I can't explain it; I just know it to be true.

 

Besides, if we get so angry or hurt that we shut God out, who else can we turn to? He is the end all be all source of everything we will ever need. There is nothing or no one who can take His place. Think about this carefully. If we get so upset at God by all the junk in life and tune Him out, where can we go? No where, and then life would not be worth living.

 

I do not know where any of you are right now in your faith journey, but I encourage to muster up the faith to have faith.

 

PRAYER: Dear Lord, So much in life makes no sense. Yet over and over again in Your Word You encourage us to cry out to You--to get to know You. You desire for the focus to be off our problems and on You. So we purposely focus on You right now and ask You to bless us. Spread Your wings of love over us and those we love. In Jesus' name. AMEN~