I just finished up my house and now am pondering on my next project. I'd prefer to take a deep breath and rest for a week or two before stressing over the silly things like feeding my family in the future.
This house taught me a great deal. The main one is trust. Trust is not my specialty. I doubt often the smallest things; and while they seem trivial now, they tend to make my blood pressure fly at the moment.
Trust. That is the whole story isn't it. As silly as it is, this was the whole issue that got us here in the first place. Adam and Eve, you know the story. I find it thrilling that our Father who, wants us so badly, who knows us so well, who loves us so much still stands with us amongst our deepest doubts and pains and feels them along with us. If you can comprehend the trinity and the fact that we were invited into that relationship then you can see just how much we are loved. To ask the question “why does God not heal this person or fix that thing...” only states a lack of trust and understanding of the predicament that we are in.
So I'm going to work on this a bit. Seeing friends and loved ones leave us too soon tests us and yet it strengthens us. The pain is still there and the disappointment lingers in the air. While we live in a messed up world we still find strength and comfort. If God is our friend and loves us the way He does then I think His eyes are watering at the pain that we feel.
Thank you Mark Palmer for sharing your life.
Peace – the peace that we all know- may it rest upon you.
posted by Tera @ 8:35 PM
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