hard and painful circumstances in the lives of His people?
This was the final question of my BSF discussion this morning. I actually didn't even write out an answer for it ahead of time. But I realized this and shared in our discussion. "Maybe part of the reason God allows these hard and painful circumstances is because then we get to really feel God's love. Because wow, I wouldn't be getting through this without the love of God. How amazing and strong is His love that He can do this. Sure, we keep God close at heart when the going is good. But man, you can really feel how strong His love is when the going is tough." And let me be clear... in no way do I believe God made this horrible thing happen. God didn’t want this to happen. God didn’t make this happen. Death was never part of His original plan, and He will swallow up death in the end. God may not have intervened to save Maisie. God may not have answered exactly my prayer for my baby to be born healthy and strong. But what God did is answer every prayer from then on out after we learned Maisie had passed. God protected me. God allowed me to deliver vaginally, prevented me from a painful and dangerous surgery with a hefty recovery time. God helped my eventual epidural relieve all of my pain and didn’t allow it to wear off. God even answered my prayer for my placenta to be delivered right before the last (more invasive) intervention was about to take place. God performed miracles for me... because given my history there was no guarantee the process of delivery would be without trials. And God still provides me all my strength and peace moving forward. His love is real. His love is strong. His love is the reason I can continue to go on. And God's will be done.
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