But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8
Day 20: Life Happens
In case you weren’t prepared by those who raised you allow me to inform you: Life happens! Bones sometimes break as do hearts. Not every road leads to success. Not every friend is golden. And even those who follow the cross have issues that make the journey rough.
So don’t think that because you have problems that there is something wrong with you!!!! Life happens! Some children struggle in school while others breeze through. Some marriages end in divorce. Some illnesses are unto death. Some promises aren’t kept: either by us or by those close to us.
And so we must not question whether we are loved by God because we are going through some pain or difficulty.
In John chapter 9 we read a story of a conversation between Jesus and His disciples. Coming across a man blind from birth the disciples asked who sinned, this man or his parents. Jesus response is for us today as well. He wasn’t blind because someone sinned. Life happens.
As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6 After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. 7 “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.
John 9:1-7 NIV
So know that God loves you whether you are blind or can see. Whether you are overweight or fit. He is with you whether you are sick in the hospital or preparing to run your 7th marathon.
I heard a song that brought me great comfort. It was recorded by Mali Music end it spoke deeply to me. I come from a two parent home. My mom was a nurse and my father was a preacher and teacher. We grew up in a middle class home with several loving communities to nurture us. But today my world doesn’t look like the one I grew up in. Life happens. And so we begin to heal when we accept that life happens and we aren’t perfect but God still loves us anyway. Please listen to the song. I think it will encourage you.
Today I acknowledge that life happens and let go of the weight of the woes.
