John 11: 32 When Mary arrived and saw Jesus, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 When Jesus saw her weeping and saw the other people wailing with her, a deep anger welled up within him, and he was deeply troubled. 34 “Where have you put him?” he asked them. They told him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Then Jesus wept. 36 The people who were standing nearby said, “See how much he loved him!” 37 But some said, “This man healed a blind man. Couldn’t he have kept Lazarus from dying?” 38 Jesus was still angry as he arrived at the tomb, a cave with a stone rolled across its entrance. 39 “Roll the stone aside,” Jesus told them. But Martha, the dead man’s sister, protested, “Lord, he has been dead for four days. The smell will be terrible.” 40 Jesus responded, “Didn’t I tell you that you would see God’s glory if you believe?”
so I read a devotional this morning that said when her husband died.. she felt like God didn't really love her... and my initial thought was... that is ridiculous... there will always be death and life both in our lives.. to imagine God doesn't love us because someone died is silly... but is it??
isn't that really what our funk is about sometimes? things happen in our lives that we think shouldn't have and we get to thinking that God doesn't want something good for us... or that His idea of good is vastly different than ours.. and don't we really get to feeling sorry for ourselves and feeling like God doesn't really care about what we are going through... I will admit that I do...
and again I state that it is ridiculous... even though I am the one feeling it sometimes...
that is like saying when we spank our children that we don't love them anymore.. or if they fell we don't care because we allowed them to fall... that is just silly.. things are going to happen that we didn't want to deal with.. things are going to hurt us sometimes.. the real question is.. do we allow the situation to make us better.. or do we wallow in self pity and become bitter...
maybe there is a situation that we think is killing us... maybe it really is killing something in us.. maybe that is the purpose for it.. that something ugly in us will die... but just like Jesus brought lazarus back to life.. we too will have life again.. if we keep on keeping on.. keep on trusting Him.. keep on believing He is good...
that is when we see God's glory.. when He brings life out of our dead situations...
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