Hope Faith Trust

 

So ... the last few weeks have not been well in more ways than one. It started early in March. Apart from health matters other totally unconnected things happened, not of our making, to add to our problems. The road ahead is still not clear.

When bad things happen, as they will sometimes do in our lives, it is important to remember that God is still in control. He allows bad things to happen. He does not make them happen. He allows them because it suits His purposes for us.

Some believe He is testing us. But what is the point of testing us if He already knows how we will react? I believe He allows things to happen so that we remember and we learn by the way we've reacted. Also, our way of reacting may well be a good example for others to emulate.

In our trials and tribulations it is important to have hope that God will see us through. He brought us to this situation for a purpose and He will see us through it.

Also, to maintain our faith in Him. To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see. (Hebrews 11:1) 

And to trust Him. It is not enough to say to God that we trust Him. Or to convince ourselves that we trust Him. We should act as if we trust Him. Just like a child. He does not say to his parents that he trusts them. His very behaviour and instincts are proof of that.