Trials and Heartaches

Life never quite goes how you think it should.  A lot of times you can be sailing along smoothly and then out of nowhere hit a bump in the road. Sometimes they are small little hiccups, and other times there are canyon size bumps and holes that we have to try to pick ourselves up and make it through. Those are the ones that knock the breath out of us, sideswipe us, and leave us there to dry.
This is when many times we like to look up and shake our fists at God, saying "WHY ME?!"  "WHY THIS?!" "WHY NOW?!" and "WHY DID YOU ALLOW IT!".  In truth, God does sometimes allow things to come into our lives to help us to learn to lean on Him, and to teach us things. But other things are brought on by sin, and man's bad choices. 
How you deal with the situation life has handed you is what defines you and helps you grow as a person and in the Lord.  It is so easy to drop down and pull a bubble around yourself and start to feel sorry for yourself, but that is just the start on the road to bitterness. Bitterness, irregardless  of the situation, only harms the person harboring it.
Bitterness is the most infectious cancer of the soul.
We must realize that sometimes the situation we are in is not what God had planned. Because of some action of a person, or a personal choice you made, you are in what you are in. God is not to be blamed, but to be called upon to help carry what you have to bear. When you feel the bitterness and the anger creeping into your soul and thoughts, don't embrace them; turn your back.
God may not have WILLED this situation into your life, but He can make it WORK OUT for His glory and for our good.
Trials and heartaches come and go, and some situations take longer to heal from than others. But God knows what you are going through, and what it is going to take to help you make it through.
Let Him help you pick up the pieces.
 Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Many days I've prayed for You/ to take this all away/
But it seems to not be easing Lord/ I don't understand why it's this way/
It's taking so long for my prayers to be answered/ So I cling to the hope that you promised me/
To give me an expected end/ Lord help me hold strong til that day

So let the rain fall on my broken heart/
Let the lightening and thunder roll/ onto my soul/
I have no fear for You are near/ and give me strength to stand/
With Your grace alone and on the Rock/
I will not be moved.


- Amber