Much More to the Story...

There are reasons for everything. Sometimes we just fail to see them. The older I get, the more I begin to think about reasons why things happen. Things like Alzheimer’s, cancer, disease, murder, accidents, struggles and trials, etc... I begin to realize God’s hand in it. I may not fully understand the “why” or the pain it causes, but I see more and more of God’s grace and mercy being played out. When I hear the atheist or God haters ask the question, “why would God allow a child to suffer from cancer?”, I know for a fact that person has bitterness and hurt stored up inside them. I know that forgiveness is a foreign concept to them. I don’t have an answer to the question, but I do know that God allows and permits things to happen for His purpose. A little suffering now won’t compare to the glory all believers will experience one day. And for that child who suffers from cancer, God rescues them from their pain, and promises the day He meets them face to face, there will be no more pain, or tears, or suffering. He will gather them up, like a mother hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and they will rejoice in His presence. When a child dies, the only pain and suffering that’s left is with the living, for the child is with God in paradise. God is sovereign, we must trust His process, and start seeing with more spiritual eyes. Things are not always as they appear. With God, there’s always much more to the story.

1 Good people pass away; the godly often die before their time. But no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understandthat God is protecting them from the evil to come. 2 For those who follow godly paths will rest in peace when they die. Isaiah 57:1-2