When only God knows the answer
There are
times
during
which everything goes wrong,
situations
that you would
not have
chosen,
and moments
in which
the ground
underneath the feet
is missing,
you have no
air to breath
and seem to
sink into
a dark
hole.
On a human
scale they are
unbearable
times;
times in which
you
break down
emotionally,
and in
which negative thoughts
overpower
you,
and your
thoughts spin
in a circle
the whole time.
No human
has the answer.
No one can
help.
All is too
much.
Then it is
not useful
to be upset
at humans.
Then it
does no good
to let out
your aggression
on yourself
or others.
Then you
only hurt yourself
if you are
upset with God.
I have to
notice
in those
times over and over again,
how little
I can direct my own life.
The control
is in someone else’s hands
and I do
not like
what he is
allowing.
I will
never understand God,
but if I
study his character
I notice
that he
has a plan
of healing for me
through both
good and bad.
But of how
much use is this
if I ignore him in good times
and am
angry with him in bad times?
It does no
good
if I just
accuse him,
and am not
willing
to bend my
knees before him,
and in all
of my brokenness
to be still
before him.
My
disobedience before him,
my whining
and moaning,
and my own
rebellion
only
contribute to the fact
that I am
stuck in my misery
much
longer.
As long as
I scream
I do not
hear his quiet voice.
As long as
I accuse him
I do not
experience his healing love.
As long as
I rebel
I do not
see the new path
and do not
notice the saving rope
in all my
chaos.
When only
God knows the answer
and he
directs my attention
towards him
through my pain,
then I am
well advised
to start
listening to him
instead of
crying in his ears.
(0507140708-0730,0607141649-1708)
Isaiah 55:8–9 (The Israel Bible)
For My
plans are not your plans, Nor are My ways your ways —declares Hashem.
9 But as the heavens are high above the earth, So are My ways high above your
ways And My plans above your plans.
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