Unfortunate
circumstances. Let’s be honest… they “suck” when they happen to us. It can
be so easy to tell someone else, “Oh, I’m so sorry!”, when something bad
happens to them. But when it
happens to us, it’s a whole ‘nother ballgame.
If we breathe, if we
live, we WILL go through unfortunate and perplexing circumstances. We WILL
have things happen to us that don’t make sense, and have us questioning, “Why?”
Oh, how I hate those times.
I recently experienced one of those circumstances. I tried
to think on the “positive.” I tried to hope for a miracle, or some sort of
solution… because when I thought about the situation too intensely, tears would
come quickly to my eyes. What might have been gone forever – was irreplaceable.
And it meant so much, not just to me, but to numerous people.
I kept asking myself, “How can I honor God through this?” I wanted to do right by Him. I wanted to
hold myself accountable for how I responded. If the “worst” I feared, truly came about – how was I going
to handle it in a way that brought God glory? EVEN though I, myself, might be
hurting?
That is a big question.
It’s so easy to act
on emotion. It’s so easy to blame others. It’s so easy to let hurt turn
into anger.
It’s so hard to “let it go.”
What’s done is done. I can’t change some things. They are
unfair. They hurt. But they
happen. And in the process of them, I can acknowledge how they make me feel,
while still holding myself with honor and integrity. I can still muster up
grace.
I don’t ever want to be a doormat for others. I don’t want to be a victim time, and
time again. I do, however, want to have a strength from the things that happen
to me, that allow me to rise above them. I
want to represent my faith and my Lord WELL.
So, those unfortunate circumstances will come. I will never
welcome them. But I will endure them, and hopefully, will be better off from
them.
You meant evil against me, but God meant it for
good in order to bring about this present result. Genesis 50:20 (NASB)
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