Tuesday, March 15, 2016
An answer for the times when there seem to be no answers
There are times in life when there are no answers. One of those times is when parents bury their children. Why my child? Where was God? How can I go on living? Unbearable pain, unimaginable future, unanswerable questions. And let me be clear that I do not have the answers. I am not smart enough or spiritual enough to know what to say.
But God does. I think as an elder, preacher, parent, and friend we are called on to speak God words into the lives of those who look to us for help. And I do believe God has spoken into our lives through a story. So when we do not have all the answers, let God speak.
It is the story of when King David and Bathsheba lost their infant
child. David fasted and prayed. Maybe pleading with God to heal the sick child. Maybe begging God not to hold his sin of
adultery against the child. And the baby
died. So David got up, cleaned up, and
ate. He went on with life. When asked how that was possible, he said
that the baby was not coming back to him… but that he could go to where his
child was.
So here are three things that are certain.
1. You are not the only one to
experience this. It is a world where
death happens and evil exists. God does
not always do what we want. I do not
know why because I am not God. And that is a good thing because there has to be
someone bigger and stronger than me in control.
So God’s people chose to believe in spite of the pain.
2. Life goes on. You may want it to stop. You may even wish that it would, but it will
not. So those of us in God’s family keep
on living. One foot in front of the
other … one day at a time. Because we
believe.
3. This is not the end. Christians know that we will see our children
again. Death is not the end. It is only final for the short time we are on
this earth. It is not final
forever.
So that is my answer for a time when there seem to be no answers. God speaks through the story of one of our faith heroes. Just like he speaks thru those of you who are living faith heroes today. Living an answer for those who think there are no answers.
This world is hard. God is here.
Life goes on. So live it by faith.
We will be together soon. So stay on the journey till you get home. Together again.
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Good advice, the one foot in front of the other is all we can manage some days, even then that in itself is difficult.
I keep a quote from J. Fry that is in his book about drug addiction that states: "The wounds that never heal can only be mourned alone". I do not remember if it was a full quote or partial, but I do know he knew pain. There are times when the pain is so deep, nothing can reach it to begin the healing process.
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I keep a quote from J. Fry that is in his book about drug addiction that states: "The wounds that never heal can only be mourned alone". I do not remember if it was a full quote or partial, but I do know he knew pain. There are times when the pain is so deep, nothing can reach it to begin the healing process.
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