It is so easy to feel sorry for yourself and forget all the things that are blessings. We focus on the hard to palette sour situations and forget those that are sweet and delicious.
For me at the moment it is so easy to concentrate on the separation from those I love. To dwell on what I don't have and forget what I do. It is true that there are many things I would change to suit myself but deep down I know that it would not be the right thing either for myself or those involved.
Ben, Alyce and Jonathan being so far away is painful but I know that as a man Ben needs to make his family on his own and that Alyce (being a woman) needs her mother more than Ben needs me. "Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and embraces his wife" and the two become one. Genesis 2:23-25
I must admit I miss having family just dropping around, family get togethers, going out for a coffee and celebrating events as a family, somehow it makes me feel not quite whole.
God has different plans than our own and if we truly trust him we know "that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose".Romans 8:27-29 This is where the rubber meets the road, do we truly believe that God has our best interests at heart, do we embrace His purposes for our life or not?
Easy to say, harder to do, other than stand firm in what we know, God has never let us down, he is always faithful.
So with conviction and faith I say "I accept what I cannot change and ask that God uses those situations to His glory".
2 comments:
And the fact that for half the year, Cairns weather SUCKS! :P
Rather harsh I thought considering it is you I am missing not your weather!
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