Where Is God?

Where is God?

Where is God?

Your heart may be breaking right now over a seemingly impossible situation.

Where is God?

You cry yourself to sleep every night, but your prayers aren’t being answered.

Where is God?

Does that question weigh on your heart?

Please know that you’re not alone.

People are searching, searching, searching all over the internet for answers that mostly fail to satisfy.

Here’s the truth:

God is still on the throne.

Skeptics would say that’s “not good enough.”

Or, “God can’t fix this.”

What they don’t want to accept is that God allows circumstances in our lives that we won’t like.

We may get hurt, ostracized, blamed for things we didn’t do, lose some friends, called names, or feel the wrath of someone else.

We can’t sugarcoat the lives of Christians. 

The fact is, all of us will experience suffering and loss at one time or another. It’s a part of life and Christians are not immune to it.

Trust His Character

One of the hardest things to go through in life is to say goodbye to a loved one. I’ve been through it way too many times.

The loss of someone special cuts through to your very soul, leaving you with a heavy heart and memories of what you should have said if you’d just had more time.

Dear Ones, God cares for the brokenhearted.

With this in mind, please don’t turn away from Him in the midst of your sorrow. Ask Him for strength and comfort and He will give those blessings to you through His Word, and sometimes, through other people in your life who have experienced the same grief that you’re going through.

Dying Words That Bring Hope

My thanks to fellow Christian writer, Ken Barnes, who captures the essence of trusting God through our grief with the article below.

God Is Still on the Throne
by Ken Barnes
12/08/2018 / Christian Living

The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations; He frustrates the plans of the peoples. The counsel of the Lord stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation. (Psalms 33:10-11 NASB)

Many things happen in this life that seems to be incomprehensible. Christians die seemingly too young in what appears to be in the midst of their usefulness. Occurrences transpire that do not look to fulfill God’s purposes, yet God is still on the throne.

I once heard a story about a Pastor in Hawaii. The Pastor’s wife fell ill and went into a coma.  After some time, she was confined to a nursing facility.  The Pastor, before he went to his church in the morning, would go by and visit with his wife.  He would comb her hair and talk to her, with no response.  In the evening after work, he sat and spoke to her, without ever even a slight reaction from her.  This went on for an extended period of time.  Suddenly, one day she regained consciousness.  It was only for a few moments.  One of the few things that his wife said in those brief seconds was, “God is still on the throne.”  God wanted this Pastor to know that he was still in control.

Things happen in this life that we may never be able to comprehend.  It is in these times that we trust in the character of God.  God is just in all his ways and kind in all his doings (Psalms 145:17). Bible tells us that the just shall live by faith (Hebrews 10:38).  It is in times of immense loss that by faith we remember that God is still on the throne, and at his return will restore all things.

I worked for seventeen years as a missionary with Youth With A Mission. My missionary work has taken me to Mexico, Canada, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Spain, and the Ukraine. I hold a Masters of Education in curriculum and instruction from Virginia Commonwealth University.  kenbarnes737@gmail.com

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Look Up At The Stars

When I Look Up At The Stars

Look up at the stars

How many stars are there?

Billions?

Trillions, even?

There are estimates online, but no matter what, the fact is that God created each and every one.

How amazing is that?

Each and every one.

Just like He created you and me.

I can’t look up at the beautiful night sky without thinking of our Heavenly Father.

How astonishing is it that in this vast universe, blanketed by stars and galaxies too numerous to count, God’s design included a “you” and a “me”?

I hope we can always remember how much He loves us when we come to Him in prayer.

God’s Timing

We may not always understand God’s timing, or why He answers “No” sometimes.

But, we are His children, and He does hear us. He never would have sent us His Son if He didn’t love us.

Please don’t give up on God.

Pray big prayers.

Remember His past blessings in your life and don’t forget to always thank Him.

Another blessing may be just around the corner.

Charles Spurgeon quotation

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*Quotation from Charles Spurgeon, influential Christian preacher and author, (1834-1892). Taken from A Closer Look, “Encouragements To Prayer.” Accessed July 12, 2019. Page 49 of Prayer Focus.

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This Is The Day

this is the day

Did you see a beautiful sunrise when you woke up this morning?

Over here in our neck of the woods, I was in awe as the pale yellow-pinkish glow of the coming sun quietly rose over the bank of trees and chased off the darkness of the night.

It didn’t take long. Within minutes, the sun in all its glory burst onto the scene.

Wake up, world!

It’s another new day.

The day the Lord hath made

This is the day which the Lord has made; 
Let us rejoice and be glad in it. – Psalm 118:24, NASB.1

It makes my heart sing!

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1 Scripture quotation is from New American Standard Bible (NASB) Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.

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Trust The Engineer

Memories To Celebrate

celebrations and memories

Last month, my husband and I celebrated our wedding anniversary.

The day brought back many special memories for us, including our honeymoon trip to Orlando, Florida.

Have you ever been to Walt Disney World?

We had a blast.

Exploring the parks and, dare I say it, riding some of the thrill rides became one big daily adventure.

But I have to admit something here.

I’m not a fan of roller coasters. Look at that picture below.

Does that look like fun to you?

I’d feel better if you didn’t say yes.

trust the engineer

The idea of riding at top speed in a cramped coaster going backwards, forwards, and upside down doesn’t send me running to be first in line.

That trip was the first and last time that I got up the courage to ride one of Disney’s famous roller coasters, “Space Mountain.”

Are you familiar with it?

I figured it would be scary, but an extra level of terror was taking the ride in complete darkness.

No overhead lights?

Say what?

I screamed a few times . . . and I think I even stopped breathing at one point.

If you think about it – people put an awful lot of trust in roller coaster engineers.

Life is Full of Twists and Turns

None of us are perfect, nor do we lead perfect lives.

That’s why I feel confident in saying that we’ve all had our share of anxious moments.

We can plan out our futures ’til we’re blue in the face, but an unexpected circumstance can arrive at any time and throw us off course.

As someone close recently shared with me, for many years she “was coasting through life without much of a care in the world.”

Then a visit to her doctor resulted in a dreaded cancer diagnosis.

For you, it might be something else, the news of which hits you right in the gut.

Perhaps,

You’re broke and now your car needs a new transmission.

Your child has cancer.

A family member betrays you.

Your teenager hates you.

Your house flooded, a total loss.

Insert your particular circumstance.

What gives?

Does God love me less than everybody else?

Trust The Engineer

Countless times in my own life I’ve wondered why bad things happened.

During those vulnerable moments, I’ve asked God, “Why?”

You and I both need to remember that nothing that happens in our lives is a surprise to God.

Our challenges are part of a, sometimes painful, learning process of what it means to be a Christian.

We must trust Him, no matter what, even during life’s heartaches.

Stay the course.

Persevere.

we must trust Him no atter what

Heavenly Father, You alone are Most High God and deserving of all praise.

Thank You for sending us Your Son, and for Your saving grace.

Our lives are in Your Hands.

Help us to have confidence in You, Lord, as we navigate

through each challenge in our lives.

Grant us the peace of mind that only comes from You.

In Jesus Name, Amen.

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