Monday evening I got a text from my husband that he had just
wrecked our car. Now to give you some
background. Just a week before my husband’s car quit. So he was driving my car
as he was in search for a new car for himself.
So when he texted me that he had just wrecked my car. I was full of different emotions and not sure
what to think. Now we were going to need
to buy 2 cars. Well, he got home 3 hours
later and filled me in on all of the details and we talked for a bit. I then went to bed but wasn't able to fall
asleep as I kept thinking about “What were we doing so wrong in our life that
this was happening to us.” I could name
a thousand negative things that came to mind, but was struggling to find the
positive.
Well, I finally just got up and grabbed my Bible and thought
I would go ahead and get the days Bible reading done. Well, on Sunday I was searching through my
You Version Bible app and searched different plans. Well, I came across the Chronological
Bible reading plan. So decide this was going to be the year I try and read through
the Bible. Well, I ended up reading 3 days ahead. So I was in the book of Job. Never would have
realized that the story of Job came after the story of Abraham.
As I read I thought of our own family
situation. No we haven’t lost our kids, or all of our flocks or been
given boils. Yet we have had health issues, car problems, and financial
problems. Maybe God is watching us to see how we are going to respond. The
Bible says God won’t give us more then we can handle. I know that is hard
to believe because we have difficulty hit us and we think the end of the world
is here. How will we ever get out of this? What have we done so bad that
God is punishing us? (I know I asked this same question Monday evening.)
How do we
know that God doesn't bring trials and tribulation in to our lives to see how
we will handle circumstances? Are we going to whine and complain, or are
we going to trust God and let him use the circumstance to reach a lost
person. How do we not know that there is a lost person just watching to
see who we will react? Just like with Job, I think everyone around him
was wanting to see “would he curse God?” and they probably would have thought he
had every right to. Last night I was finding myself question God with
questions like, what are we doing wrong? Why would God let this happen to us?
Doesn’t God know our circumstances? Then it dawned on me
that maybe God lets things happen to us so other people in our lives can get
the blessing of helping us. Be
encouraged to know God has a plan. Stay positive in your thinking because
Satan would love for you to become Negative Ned or a Negative Nadine. Satan was
hoping Job would become Negative Ned.
How do you respond
when things do not go according to plan? Do you trust that God’s plan is
better? If you haven’t done it in a while read the book of Job. It is very
inspiring.
Below are pictures of what my van now looks like. Sad
Blessings,
Angela
No comments:
Post a Comment