Here I am. Sitting at the computer. One kid at Grandma's. One on the couch watching his dine-dine movie for the 3,840,327th time. Sent the husband to the minimart for a six pack of relief. Today is my daughter's eighth birthday. My son turned three 5 weeks ago. Where has the time gone?
Thank GOD the summer is over and we are well into the fall with winter fast approaching. Tumultuous, emotion wrenching, rotten summer. Moved, moved again, homeless, and now in a updated spacious and affordable rental. Even managed to pull a couple Bs out of the summer quarter in classes I was sure to fail. Had an epic surgery on the ol' footsie (again), dealt with my father's brain surgery, my mother's mental decline, and drama drama DRAMA with my sisters. More on that later. All of the sudden, completely out of character, I find myself excited for earlier sunsets and chillier weather; pushing this past summer further and further behind me.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Blessing Amidst Tragedy
Has it really been six months since I've posted on here? Enough with that...
I cannot imagine what it must be like if I was me in my life living in Japan today. The earthquake that rocked the eastern coast of that country was like something out of a science fiction film. Devastation. Loss. Hopelessness. Fear. Fatality. All words that if placed in my life right now, I really don't know how I would handle it. I would hope, after regaining my composure, I would lift my eyes to the Heavens and thank my God I am still alive. My strength and resolve comes from Him alone and boy would I ever need it! So many people, even believers, ask "why would a loving God do this to His people?" All I can think is that we are not all His people. Those who are and lost their lives in the quake are now sitting at His Right Hand. Those who weren't, chose that path. Sad. Heartbreaking. I really believe that great tragedies are God's way of allowing us to spread His message of hope and the Good News which is the Salvation that comes from Jesus Christ. I believe it gives us believers the chance, the obligation, to share His message and with that, oh boy, God's glory is gonna shine through!
This was my status update on facebook this morning:
I've read conversations that always seem to arise after disasters like these happen and how bleak our futures look. As believers, it should remind us of how close we are to someday meeting our Father in Heaven. That type of comfort is what we need to be sharing and the plan of salvation with those who don't know it yet. Disasters at their worst are inevitably a promotion to glory for us who choose to follow Christ. Praying for God's glory to shine through this tragedy.
Psalms 46 assures us:
1 God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
Just pray. He already knows what you want to say, even when you can't find the words.
I cannot imagine what it must be like if I was me in my life living in Japan today. The earthquake that rocked the eastern coast of that country was like something out of a science fiction film. Devastation. Loss. Hopelessness. Fear. Fatality. All words that if placed in my life right now, I really don't know how I would handle it. I would hope, after regaining my composure, I would lift my eyes to the Heavens and thank my God I am still alive. My strength and resolve comes from Him alone and boy would I ever need it! So many people, even believers, ask "why would a loving God do this to His people?" All I can think is that we are not all His people. Those who are and lost their lives in the quake are now sitting at His Right Hand. Those who weren't, chose that path. Sad. Heartbreaking. I really believe that great tragedies are God's way of allowing us to spread His message of hope and the Good News which is the Salvation that comes from Jesus Christ. I believe it gives us believers the chance, the obligation, to share His message and with that, oh boy, God's glory is gonna shine through!
This was my status update on facebook this morning:
I've read conversations that always seem to arise after disasters like these happen and how bleak our futures look. As believers, it should remind us of how close we are to someday meeting our Father in Heaven. That type of comfort is what we need to be sharing and the plan of salvation with those who don't know it yet. Disasters at their worst are inevitably a promotion to glory for us who choose to follow Christ. Praying for God's glory to shine through this tragedy.
Psalms 46 assures us:
1 God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
Just pray. He already knows what you want to say, even when you can't find the words.
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