It's not happening to you but for you

It's not happening to you, but for you

Sometimes, I love Facebook remember when. Especially since I can't remember crap. It reminds me of all the hard times I went through in the past. All the times that I cried out, the times I was scared and I didn't know how I was gonna make it. It reminds me of all the times that I was lonely, the times I questioned God why or my very favorite, when God when? 

When will my break come? When will you send me a man that you have for me? When God, will the storms be over? Haven't I had enough?

I have asked him all these questions and more, and I know that I'm not the only one in the world who asks God these questions. I know that there are so many of us who question God and also ask these questions, especially when we are going through hard times. When the storms are coming at us hard-and-fast and we don't have anywhere else or anyone else to turn to. It's in those quiet moments alone in our bed, when our hearts are in pain that we ask and question God about what is going on, and it's because we are all human.

Now I know we all question God, but remember when, on Facebook reminds me of how many times I've prayed for something and God has delivered. It shows me how many times that the storms were hitting me and I thought I can't make that one more day but I held on to that small mustard seed faith and God has come through for me. How many times have I've cried out for help, and God has helped me but not just helped me, the many times he has carried me through those times. All through everything in my life, I know that God has been there beside me. I no longer question my faith because I have a big crazy faith, but I do sometimes still question him. I know that it's on his time and not mine. I know that things will come to pass the way it's supposed to, not the way that I want it to, which is most of the time what I want.

Again, I am human, and that's what we do, we want what we want, when we want it. 

Through these many times, I have learned patience. I've learned forgiveness. I have learned to trust him even when I think I know better.

But no matter what happens, no matter how many storms come at me, I have learned that he gives the hardest battles to his toughest soldiers. He must have a reason that he thinks I can handle it and that I may help someone else who is also going through this.

So today, my friends, remember that it is okay to question God, to cry out why God why or when God when? It's okay to feel scared and overwhelmed but just hold on, even if it's to that tiny mustard seed because if I learned anything I've learned it's not what is happening to us but for us. What is the lesson? What is he teaching us? Fatih, wisdom, patience, or forgiveness, there is always a message in the pain, in the storms, if we choose to look for it. But most importantly, remember we are all human, we all screw up, we all make mistakes, we all question him, but he already knows this, and he is a forgiving God.

Never give up, hold on, he will do it for you too, he has you, you just have to believe.

I know today's message was for someone out there who is just holding on. It will be okay... hold on just a little longer.

"Be the change you want to see,"

 

"And just when the caterpillar thought his life over...he turned into a beautiful butterfly"

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