God doesn't always eliminate the trial but he will always carry the burden!

Have you ever been in a situation, a crisis when you've cried out to God “Why Me?” Has anything every happened in your life that made you question God’s purpose? This week in my family something like that happen. I was so hurt and so worried that I cried out to God and asked “Why?” Why do bad things happen to good people? God, in his infinite wisdom softly whispered to my heart “I don’t always remove the burden but I will carry it for you.” This week I truly learned something about God’s love for his people. For the first time in all my 32 years of living I understand more deeply why we experience things as Christians. Just because you are a Christian doesn’t mean that you are shielded from hurt, harm or danger it just means that you can have peace in knowing that your father has promised that ALL things (not some but ALL things ) work together for good for those who love the Lord! We go through trials because it manifests God’s presence in our lives. It makes His power and ability to perform miracles real in our lives. It makes us realize He is all powerful and He is the head of our lives and even when we have no control he does. In this situation I realized there was nothing I could do but release and let God. How many things are you holding onto knowing that you can not fix it? Knowing that the power to have peace lies in God and not in you?

This realization also confirmed that Christians struggle with worldly temptation and sin too. Our desire to live better and make the right choices stems from the love we have for God and our desire to lead a Christ-like life. For months I’ve struggled with writing my second book. I struggled because the storyline introduces external battles that human beings face. I didn’t want my readers to think that my inspirational writing style had changed because I wanted to introduce external trials, temptation, sin and forgiveness. As Christians, we have tests and even make bad decisions and terrible choices, but even then God is there in the midst waiting for us to confess and return to him because he promised never to leave or forsake us. As humans we have free will and freedom of choice and yes sometimes we will make terrible decisions but we can rest in knowing that God is a forgiving God and as the father of the prodigal son he will welcome us home with open arms.