Blessings

This might sound harsh but in America we really need to get over ourselves. We live in this place were we have so much and we get use to the idea of comfort. And honestly I am guilty of this as well. But I have found that going through hard times in my life have helped me see and experience God in new and amazing ways. There always seems to be a moment or a breath after hearing or understand how hard or terrible something is when we have a choice. Are we going to choose to be upset with God or trust God? The rest of your experience with the hardship will be colored by this decision. It is so easy to think that being mad at God and stomping our feet is the best way...and maybe it is how we feel. But I have found that in the moments (where sometimes I have taken time to stomp my feet at God) when I choose to trust everything changes.

I always feel and believe that God is waiting to crash into our lives, hoping we will ask Him to come into the situation. Sad when we turn our back and try to find our way through it with out him. We live in a culture were every message is that life is all out you...God didn't create that message, we did. Life is hard and there are tons of difficult things we will all have to face. I really hope and pray that people will learn to get over their lives of comfort to find God waiting to wipe their tears. To find out He is holding them through the arms of others. To feel God's love through the quiet moments when you are crying and feel alone but choose to trust you are in God's arms. Because in those moments are when I have found God's love to overwhelm me, to feel his soft voice whispering that He will be with me. He will never leave me nor forsake me. He is always there...which is a huge blessing and usually what I need the most.

I had a friend post a song on Facebook that I have fallen in love with. As I listened to the song I thought, "This girl gets it!" Because the song is true and I hope it can be true for you too. We live in a fallen world where people get hurt and hurt each other. I'm not trying to diminish the pain but offer hope because there is always hope. Be encouraged to know that God is in everything, even when we don't understand how or why.

Laura Story- Blessings