SOME TIMES WE GO THRU WHAT I’VE LEARNED TO CALL THE HARD WAY. THAT MAY NOT BE THE BEST DESCRIPTION, BUT IT WILL DO..

THESE MOMENTS IN LIFE WHEN SITUATIONS OR TRAGEDIES CAN BE SO PAINFUL THAT WE CAN’T HELP BUT BE CHANGED BY THEM FOREVER. CHANGED BECAUSE OF THE TRAUMA.

THOSE TIMES CAN BE SO AWFUL.

SOMETIMES OUR SITUATIONS ARE SO UNFAIR, SO PAINFUL, SO INSANELY CRUEL, WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE BEING CRUSHED ON ALL SIDES. LIKE THERE IS A DEATH SENTENCE ON US THAT NO ONE TOLD US ABOUT, AND THE INABILITY TO UNDERSTAND OR THE INDIFFERENCE OF THOSE WE THOUGHT LOVED US ARE LIKE THE WORST FORM OF CRUELTY.

I’VE FELT THAT WAY I REMEMBER FOUR TIMES IN MY LIFE. WE CAN AVOID AND DELAY THEM BUT IF WE HAVE COURAGE AND A DETERMINATION TO FOLLOW AFTER JESUS CHRIST COME WHAT MAY, WE CAN FACE THEM AND I THINK SOMEHOW GET THROUGH KNOWING HIM MORE. BECAUSE IF HE DOESN’T HELP US AND PERHAPS SHOW US WHY, OR HOW, THERE IS JUST NO MORE HELP TO BE HAD. THE IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION REALLY IS IMPOSSIBLE, WE REALLY ARE BACKED INTO A CORNER WITH NOTHING ELSE, YOU GOT NOTHING LEFT, NO MORE RESOURCES, NO MORE FIGHT, NO MORE HOPE.

DURING THOSE TIMES FRIENDS ARE LIKE GOLD, AND MATURE CHRISTIAN FRIENDS ARE BETTER THAN GOLD. THEY LITERALLY CAN BREATHE LIFE BACK INTO US WITH THE SIMPLEST OF FAITH IF ITS REAL, WITH THE MINIMAL KINDNESS AND CARE.

DURING THISE TIMES YOU GET LOOKING FOR GOD IN PEOPLE AND SOME TIMES WITHIN THE MOST SURPRISING PEOPLE YOU FIND HIM. AND IN OTHERS HES NOT THERE, TO YOUR GREAT DESPAIR AND SORROW.