Tadd Mencer

Ok, I had an epiphany on my way to work this morning. See, we are having a few hardships right now. Nothing life threatening, but they’re trials. And I was doing my typical complaining to God about “why do we always get this crap thrown at us” what it hit me … and I’m not sure this is theologically sound, and I’m not sure if at the moment I care … but this is what I came up with.

God can show us Himself, when we’re suffering.

Now think about it. When we’re all happy and fine and no problems at all, do we honestly lean on Him? Do we honestly strive to lean on Him? I can honestly say that I don’t. Naturally I’m more pleased and such, but when nothing is wrong we look to God to make it right.

So maybe, just maybe - that’s why God allows things like losing out on $2300 to a car that ended up crap. Or a colic child. Or financial hardships. Or even regular depression. Because when we’re low, we tend to pay more attention to God. And He wants us to learn to look to Him, not just in the hard times, but also in the good - when all is right in the world (well, sorta).

It’s not that He’s selfish - it’s more that … well, He’s God! When you have a child, y ou want that child to love you, hug you and basically worship the ground you walk on. You want to be the superhero and be cheered for finding the missing toy. You want the child to love sitting on your lap to watch a movie or hold you hand for no other reason than to be with you. THAT is how God is. He loves us - and wants us to love Him back.

He hates seeing bad things happen to us. But He knows that if we don’t learn to walk with Him that we’ll never really learn to walk … only stumble.

Does that make any sense at all?