Trusting God in Shattered Dreams

Sometimes my FB 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 phony "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.