Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart.
Not an easy thing to do after tragedy strikes one's family. Why God becomes the rallying cry in such circumstances. If you're good then why are we hurting so much? For some, we would rather distrust God while stop going to Church while having a beer on the couch in front of a Packer football game. For others, our lack of trust turns us to drugs to numb our pain without realizing those drugs are doing more harm to one's body.
Lean not on your own understanding.
For many who have been educated in the public colleges, we've had our faith shattered simply by taking philosophy classes. If we're so unlucky, we take this class with the notorious instructor known for his atheism. When grief strikes us at our very core of our being there isn't a single human philosophy that can heal us. The Buddist statue can't help us with our pain. Karma can't help us. The only one who can help us is the living Christ if only we can trust Him.
In all your ways submit to him.
Every breathing moment we should count our blessings for being here and as it says in the book of James, "1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings. 2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. We have the living and breathing Christ that gives us this pure joy when things happen to us that are beyond our control.
And He will make your paths straight.
When we're on this crazy twists and turns of grief we may not think we will ever find the right path. But consider this my friend. This same Jesus who brought your loved one home to heaven is the same Jesus who wants to walk with you on your grief journey. Trust in Him and eventually, like a long carpet being shaken, he will help you straighten your path.
Our God is indeed an awesome God, even when we hurt after a loss.
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