Sometimes I struggle. Sometimes it’s hard for me to wrap my mind around all the good things that God says he is when what is in front of me seems contrary to that. Sometimes I ask questions. I wonder “Why God?” Why do I have to live miles and miles from my family? Why did that innocent baby have to be born into terrible circumstances? Why did disease take that loved one from their family? Why did a beautiful, young girl commit suicide?
When we ask hard questions like these, we may not get an answer. Some people may tell us to put a brave face on or try to make these things we face seem like less than they are. We may not know what to think or how to process what we feel, so we just don’t. We don’t think about it. We try not to feel the pain of the struggle. I’m going to tell you, the struggle is real. Those thoughts and emotions are real. You’re allowed to have them. This world isn’t perfect and things are going to happen. You are allowed to question God and doing so doesn’t make you any less of a Christian. Questioning God doesn’t even mean we have less faith. Many people in the Bible question God. Even David, who was ‘a man after God’s own heart.’
Sometimes we think that in trusting God, everything will be wonderful and make sense. That is not what God has promised us. What He has promised us is that he will be with us through it all and that he won’t turn his back on us.
I was reading an article that I thought really spoke to how we should go to God with these things we’re dealing with. In the article, it said, “Rather than pretending to have it together, sometimes the best way to show how God is working in us is to be transparent about our desperate dependence on Him…Unresolved feelings of anger and bitterness between friends can fester like an old wound. Pushing negative feelings down by swallowing them whole rather than working through them means they’re bound to come back up. Being vulnerable about hurts and fears and having the tough conversations shows the other person that salvaging the relationship is valuable. Our relationship with our Heavenly Father is no different.”
When we are questioning God, the best thing to do is to go to him. You can cry or get angry, but tell him how you feel. He won’t think less of you; instead He will love you and wrap you in his arms. He will be with you and help you heal. Even when the struggle is real.
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