Just Be Held...

Ya know there are times in this life when I just don't have the answers! I go to a church service where there is a healing prayer afterwards and the obvious handicapped kid does not go, yet I am sure through the years he has been prayed for many times, even as I offer up my own prayer on his behalf, yet his life continues as it is, why? Then there are others who have prayers filled by hundreds of people as evidenced by facebook, and yet the inevitable happens, and their loved one dies.

So where does that leave us on our earthly walk with a confidence and trust that keeps us dependent on God in the midst of life's storms. How do we keep our confidence and hope on a loving God when bad things happen?

Just the other day I felt an urging to get a card and gift card for food for a particular homeless gentleman, and with the prompting proceeded to do so without really understanding how it would all work out. After purchasing it and then going to work where I would see him occasionally, yet I did not at this time, I left with a whispered prayer that God would have to help me. As I drove off and pulled around another way, no less than this gentleman was wheeling himself around the corner right where I was going to pull out. I had the chance to deliver what God had placed on my heart to give.

I share that only to say, it is the everyday little things where God continually shows up, and teaches me, reminding me that he is truly in charge of our lives and others, and hears our prayers, even when we don't understand! The bible puts it like this.

Matthew:29-30 "Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30"But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31"So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows."

So no, I do not have the answers to some of life's most difficult questions of why? What I continue to learn and am reminded of daily, is to trust God, and during those times of confusion and uncertainty to just be held....

Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIZitK6_IMQ