"Don't blame suffering in the world on the anger of God. He's not mad; he didn't mess up. Follow our troubles to their headwaters, and you won't find any angry or befuddled God. But you will find a sovereign God.
Your pain has a purpose. Your problems, struggles, heartaches, and hassles cooperate toward one end -- the glory of God."
~Max Lucado, It's Not About Me~
This is the quote for In Other Words for Tuesday. As a Christian I can not in my mind blame my suffering on the anger of God, who am I kidding. God took it and took it from me for 11 years as I grieved over the death of a child I had wanted for 5 years and lost on her 8th days of life. I blamed God, hated God, cried feeling God did not love me anymore. The baby girl was an answerer to pray. I ask why to a number of Christians and over the 11 years got wonderful answers that God would forgive me for hating Him, for blaming Him, and for thinking He did not love me anymore. God loved me so much He waited through my grief to say to me in an almost audible voice that I was loved and He cried with me each time I cried in grief. I should have realized He cried because on the way to the hospital in an ambulance on the night of Lynn's death, it snowed. On the 12th year God helped me forget the day of Lynn's birth and the day of her death. In fact, I did not remember anything about it for over 2 weeks. God is sovereign and I now do not blame Him for any of the problems I have had in the past 22 years. God answeres prayers and when we allow it He heals us.
What a gift God gave us by allowing His Only Begotten Son to be born a baby in a manger in a cave with animals as witnesses. God loves us He does not hate us or disciplines us in anger. Love Love Love that is all there is.
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4 comments:
Good Afternoon Joyce,
WOW, what a touching post. I have chills down my spine. I'm sorry you lost a child. I am glad that GOD healed you tho. Isn't GOD good? Not just sometimes, but ALL THE TIME. I've never lost a child, but have friends who have. I cannot begin to feel what they go thru. But what they don't know is that I hurt with them. It hurts me so seeing them this way. Alot of people do blame GOD when something happens to a loved one or things don't go their way. GOD never puts anything on us that we can't handle. He is always there with us. He answered a prayer for us just yesterday as your read from my today's post. I "PRAISE HIM" for that answered Prayer. Thank you so much for sharing such a touching and wonderul post Joyce. You always seem to have something that I need to hear that day. Take care my friend and have a great afternoon. May God Bless You and Yours.
Love & Hugs,
Karen H.
P.S. If you need help in getting your Award on your sidebar, I will try to help you.
Bless your dear precious heart.
Amen....LOVE!
"Love Love Love that is all there is." Wow! I stand in awe of your honest, heart-felt, and heartbreaking truth. That you can come through that challenge to your faith and still write the way you do, concluding with the sentence above, is a living testament to your faith and the ability of the Holy Spirit to heal.
I'm so glad you participated this week!
Happy holidays to you and your family!
Hopeful Spirit
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