Sometimes my Facebook post is like a page in my journal and you, my FB friends
get to see my inner thoughts...I read in our newspaper yesterday the
article about Rick and Kay Warren returning to their church after an
extended time away to grieve for their son, Matt, who took his life...a
friend of theirs wrote: "Every skeptic should have the fortitude to
watch and observe Christian faith at its best." He was referring to
that of Rick and Kay...no phoney "we are Christians and we will
suck it up and be strong" They were raw in their emotions and
intensely honest about faith and God. Rick said "for seven years, I
prayed every day that God would heal my son's mind...it was the #l
prayer of my life. It didn't make sense to me why this prayer wasn't
working"- Then on April 5 Matt died...Kay said, With his death, my hope
for a healed mind on Earth was over and hope seemed like a mockery to
me...but what happened that day is not the end of the story." As I read
their story, I realized their hope did not die with Matt...AMAZING.
So,
me? I pray daily for Landon and Kyla...for God's protection, HIS work
in their lives and that they, too, will come in faith to trust HIM.
But, after reading the Warrens' story I ask myself, "Can God really be
trusted?"
This is what I read this morning: Hebrews 6:17 - 19 "God also
bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise
could be perfectly sure that He would never change His mind. So God has
given both His promise and His oath. These two things are unchangeable
because it is impossible to God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to
Him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that
lies before us. This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our
souls."
I will never understand the whys of our shattered dreams. But,
if I can't cling to God's "I am faithful and I am God and I have plans
for your good", then I have nothing. So, I choose hope, even when it
seems a mockery.
