Do you ever feel like life is just falling apart around you? Some days are just plain tough. Have you ever been told, you only have a short time left to live? It really makes you stop and evaluate your life. Now, before you get too concerned, I have not been given a time frame, however my father was given 1 year, possibly 2 to live. He was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia and Parkinson disease in January of this year (2024) and it has been such a challenge for him and my mom.
Recently, I was speaking to my mom and she was saying how it is so easy to have faith for other people. If you ask me to pray for a miracle for you, no problem. I know God can handle it, but when it is something that you are going through personally it is so much more difficult to hold on to that faith that God can do anything. I KNOW God can perform miracles. I have seen miracles in my lifetime, but it is still tough in our human minds sometimes to comprehend that God is still there.
When thinking about this, I got to thinking about the goodness of God. Do you know that God wants the absolute best for you??? Sometimes I have to stop and remind myself that God sees the bigger picture than what I can see. Just like when I have to explain to my two boys that something they want to do is not something I will allow them to do because it isn't safe and I can see what the consequences are on the other side of the issue. God is like that, He can see down the road and see how things are going to turn out for us and wants for us to be safe.
Have you ever just sat and pondered on God's goodness? As a parent, I want the absolute best things for my children. The best education, the best friends, the best atmosphere, but at times what we think is the best is not always actually the best for our situations.
Romans 5: 3-5 is a good scripture to hold on to when troubles come your way.
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Other Translations of Romans 5:3-5
New International Version
Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
English Standard Version
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
Did you realize that God tells us that our tribulations or sufferings are what gives us character and brings us closer to Him? When struggles come and you are at your wits end, just remember to cling to the Goodness of God. Cling to that today that in everything you are going through and the trials that may come, draw closer to God and He will help you through every situation. Cling to the Goodness of God knowing that He only wants the absolute best for his children just as you want the best for your family.
Lewy Body Dementia is such a strange disease and if you would like to follow my parents journey, my mom is blogging about it on rustycupboard.blogspot.com.
Tulips~n~Lace
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