Tuesday; February 5
Have you ever been dealing with an issue and tried to figure out why it happened? Maybe it was a struggle that seemed to come out of nowhere or a bad choice that you repented of (and made amends for), but the consequences keep having to be paid. It could have been continuing unemployment (or having to endure a job you just hate). Maybe it is an illness or the dissolution of a close relationship. Often we believe that if we could just figure out “why” we feel like we could move on closer to resolution and restoration. While this may seem to make logical sense, I am convinced that there are some things that happen to us that we’ll never understand. We may never be able to find a logical connection between an event and our concerns – so what do we do then? Not long ago I was reading some thoughts from the Apostle Paul when I came across an observation. After approaching God three times about a challenge in his life he wrote, “ And He has said to me, ‘