The day after …

“Coun­sel is mine, and sound wis­dom:  I am under­stand­ing; I have strength” –Proverbs 8:14

Some­times under­stand­ing is hard to come by.  Who’s fault is that?  God is full of wis­dom and under­stand­ing and is ready to give it to those who ask it of Him.  I’m begin­ning to see this work in my life — espe­cially after the last 30 days have gone by.  I am so thank­ful for my Sav­ior.  He is every­thing to me and His love is extravagant.

There is some under­stand­ing that takes time to gain.  This is under­stand­ing loss.  Whether a fam­ily mem­ber, friend, co-worker or class­mate, loss is not easy to under­stand.  We won­der why bad things hap­pen to good peo­ple.  I am com­forted that God is in con­trol and that things hap­pen in ways that will bring Him glory and bring oth­ers to His lov­ing arms.  Fri­day, Sep­tem­ber 4^th, one of my cowork­ers lost her hus­band.  I’m not sure if they have any chil­dren, but my eyes tear up at the thought of a kid with­out their dad.  One thought that comes to mind is that we look at this sit­u­a­tion from a neg­a­tive view.  Some­how, because of the stress and grief of this event, we fail to rec­og­nize that our Chris­t­ian broth­ers and sis­ters have just gone home.  God is so good.

Take com­fort in God.