One of the hardest things I've ever had to do, that I never wanted to do, I did this past weekend. Never mind that it happened right after a nerve racking flight.
Something that I learned this weekend was... well I actually learned a lot of stuff this weekend... but one thing was that when you are in control of the plane you don't realize things that the other people in the plane realize. For example when taking from runway 31R in Southport, Manitoba I couldn't tell that the nose was to high. It felt fine when you have ten other things you are supposed to be doing and thinking about. But when you sit in the back seat of the plane you can totally tell that the pilot is in to steep of a climb.
So it is with life. When I am in a hard time or even just in daily life, other people can tell things about me that I can't. Sometimes you as the person in the situation can't see what the big picture might be.
I know the pain of heart break. When you realize just how much someone means to you when you can't be with them anymore. It's hard. But I also know the God who knows the big picture and why things have to happen, for what purpose. He gives strength to get through it and he also knows exactly what you feel.
He knows how you cry yourself to sleep every night. He knows your deepest fears. He knows the pain you feel, and as cliché as this may sound, He loves you and he will never leave you. Even the rough patches have a purpose behind them. They are all apart of a greater and bigger picture the no human can know. In a odd way it is a great comfort not knowing the big picture. I believe we as humans wouldn't do to well knowing what was coming in the future.
I learned something a while back. When people of God or people you know would actually care about knowing the truth ask you how you are doing do you answer with the truth or with the accepted answer of "good". Fellow believers in Christ should be holding each other in prayer. They should be interceding on each others behalf. As a body, as the family of Jesus we should be there for each other when one of us is in need, going through that rough patch so to speak. So I have challenged myself to start telling the truth to my brothers and sisters in Christ that I know genuinely care about me. We all bring a different gift to the body of Christ and we are all needed.
God made us all with a passionate love that we can't even begin to comprehend. He desires that no one perish. So when life hits us with hard things. Things that we would rather not walk through remember this verse...
"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven." Ecclesiastes 3:1
Hello Regan Wiebe. I am a Pastor from Mumbai, India. I am blessed and feel privileged and honored too get connected with you as well as know you through your profile on the blogger and the blog post because of who you are in the Lord Jesus Christ. I liked the title of your blog " Beauty in the Storm" and the relevant posts such as " Doing Hard Things". I have been in the Pastoral ministry for last 37 yrs in this great city of Mumbai a city with a great contrast where richest of rich and the poorest of poor live. We reach out to the poorest of poor with the love of Christ to bring healing to the broken hearted. We also encourage young and the adults from the west to come to Mumbai to work with us during their vacation time. We would love to have you come to Mumbai to work with us during your vacation time. I am sure you will have a life changing experience. My email id is: dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and myh name is Diwakar Wankhede. Looking forward to hear from you very soon. God's richest blessings on you, your family and friends and also wishing you a blessed and a Christ centered rest of the year 2016
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