Life Happens

Life happens!! And whether we like it or not, stuff happens.  Life gets hard, life sucks sometimes.  Sometimes life is good and it's grooving and then it drops.  Life just keeps rolling through the good and the bad.  And guess what?  Christianity is not a free ticket from the hard times in life.  As much as we want it to go smoothly, for things to just ride along in our favor, it doesn't happen.  But what is AWESOME is that God has a purpose and plan behind everything that happens!! He's not going anywhere.  Solomon, the wisest guy that's ever lived says in Ecclesiastes, "There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:

² a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
³ a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
⁴ a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
⁵ a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
⁶ a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
⁷ a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
⁸ a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace."

 

What's interesting is that there is a time for EVERYTHING, the good and the bad.  There are 14 things that are good that happend, and there are 14 BAD things that happen.  There is a time for everything!  So we can know that bad things will come.  But that is where HOPE comes in!!  As Christians we have a hope, because Philipians 2:11 states "God works everything for the good of those who love him!"  Life isn't just about the bad, nor is it just about the good.  God gives us hope in everything because we can trust him to work it out.  Pain and suffering happens, but it will lead us to perserverance and the ability to give hope to others.  We need to trust him, even when we don't understand why.  We need to trust what God knows, not what we know.  We need to live one day at a time.  Two things are for certain.   GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME!! and GOD IS IN CONTROL!!  And because we know this and because we have this hope, we can accept what happens.  Nobody said it would be easy, but with God, it'll all work out even if we can't see it.