Faith in Rough Times

The world is full of suffering. Each and every day, things go wrong, people die, crimes are committed. I often found myself questioning, how God can let so many things like this continue to happen over and over again. Why doesn't he stop them? The answer is, he will. God promises a world for us like that--heaven. This new Earth, as God originally intended it to be will be where we can be without pain. In the meantime we must deal with suffering, evil, and trust that God will bring good out of the bad things that happen in the world. I know from my own accounts, each and every "negative" thing that has happened in my life, has shaped and molded me into who I am today. Would I be motivated to get my masters had my mothers illness not happened? Probably not, and in turn I have molded a career path that would not have completely satisfied or utilized my skill sets into one that I can feel I am doing God's work. I now know that I should be in community counseling. Every obstacle in my life has pointed me in that direction. I need to be helping people--want to be helping people. I can look at the losses and gains that have come in my life, and each and every one of them has molded me as a person, shaped my faith, and drawn me closer to God. I could have gone either way with the life obstacles that have faced me. I could have been angry with God, I could have completely given up. However, God knows what we can handle, and he will not give us more than we can handle. If we try to look for the positive that can come out of the negative in the world, it's a much brighter world to live in.


" I have called you by name; you are mine. When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you." Isaiah 43:1-2