Life’s losses leave us hurting and wondering. Cancer takes a parent. Divorce strikes your family home. Money problems destroy the comfortable world we’ve built around us. A friend is killed or commits suicide. These times raise questions which are difficult, if not impossible for us to answer. We go over the circumstances again and again, examining the details, searching for clues that might make some sense and make it easier for us to bear. We turn the spotlight on ourselves, others, even God, wondering what could or should have been done differently that might have prevented this. Nobody can say the right thing to comfort us. When answers don’t seem to be coming, and God seems silent what should we do? Here are two Scriptures to keep in mind: 1) ‘The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us’ (Deuteronomy 29:29 NKJV). When it comes to understanding things, we have our territory, God has His. And ours is limited to what He decides to reveal. At that point you must ‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding’ (Proverbs 3:5 NKJV). 2) ‘And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God…’ (Romans 8:28 KJV). God may explain it to us, or He may not. But He’s ‘the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End’ (Revelation 22:13 NKJV), which means, He has a plan and He’s working it out for our good and His glory.

What Now?
If your mind seems to be racing with questions, doubts and hurts – spend some time reflecting on Isaiah 26:3. That peace is available for you today.