A song

No matter how yesterday went, birds always start a new day with a song. Saw this quote earlier and it really hits home tonight. What if you can’t? What if you have no song in your heart? What if your heart is so full of pain and sadness that you’re sure it will never sing again? What if you have lost your reason for singing?

Life puts so much on us, so many trials and tribulations. Sometimes it seems as though we are cast from one storm directly into another one. We tend to then ask God “where are you? Why is this happening to me?” Well as painful as it is we are not to know all of the answers. There are questions in this life that we will never know the answer to, and we will never be ok with it. How can God place a child in the arms of loving parents just to have them ripped away much to soon? How can God allow any harm to come to a child? How can God allow us to suffer so? As I watch the news I am often reminded of these questions and often ask them.

God knows us all by name. He knows our hearts, knows our gifts, has numbered the hairs on our heads, and the days of our lives. God also places us here on this Earth for a purpose. Nothing comes as a surprise to God. He knew the trouble you were going to have today before you got out of bed this morning. God allows us to go through pain, hurt, and discomfort to force us to grow. No one grows when they are comfortable, no one changes because everything is going right.

Sometimes the change is uncomfortable. Sometimes the cause of the change is sadness. Sometimes the catalyst for change is the most heart wrenching, stomach turning pain you have felt in your entire life, but out of that pain comes growth. We grow in our faith, we lean on the people God has placed in our lives, and we cling fast to God who will comfort us.

When life gets hard, when you have gone through more than you believed possible, when you have more piled on you than you can stand, kneel, and know that God loves you. He has allowed you to get wrapped up in the storm so you can find strength that you never knew you existed. As we question how a beautiful life can get cut so short, remember tomorrow wake up, start the day with a song, and love somebody because God loves you.

I love you.