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People only ask where God is when bad things happen. Why didn’t He stop the flood, the death, the ? 

He could have. But life is full of good and bad. If God interfered in everything we would complain about that too.

God created us to be people of choice. Our lives are a series of decisions most of which we make and some that others make that affect us. Either way we have to deal with the consequences.

At the end of the day, no matter the outcome - good or bad- God is a good God. He wants what is best for us and often times we go through what we go through so that we can get to where God wants us to be.

Look at Jonah for the example. He had to endure being in the belly of a fish in order to get it right. Mary and Martha lost their brother Lazarus in order to truly learn the power of God. We go through things not as punishment but as preparation.

Our response is key. My response to hardship in my life is awful! I hate conflict, I hate not being in control of my circumstances and it often leads me down a dark, deep hole where I can literally hear the enemy telling me to give up. But the Word says that His strength is made PERFECT in my weakness. So for me I have to get low in order to see the immense power of God.

I am not perfect and it takes me a long time to get out of things because instead of letting God work I fight the work He is trying to do in me.

I know God is a good God because I am alive, I know He answers prayer because He sent me my husband. I know He knows my heart because He gave me my kids. So I need to trust Him.

God hasn’t left and He never will. Bad things happen because people make bad choices. But God has the power to change, rearranged, divert and erase the consequences of those choices. But we have to make the choice and trust Him and follow Him when it’s hard and doesn’t make sense and you want to give up. Make the choice to trust Him.

He loves us. He wants to give us a future and a hope. And when He starts a good work in us He will be faithful to complete it.

So Trust Him.

The Unlikely Missionary 

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