In my little conversations with God, sometimes I ask a question I believe every one of us has asked before, “God, why is there so much pain in this world?”
The thing is, I never do get a proper answer. Or rather, even an answer at all.
I asked that question again tonight, when I received the troubling news about the sudden passing of a friend’s grandfather.
The truth is, living in this world, there are many questions we have that will probably never get answered in our lifetime.
We will never know why newborns take in their first breath and never do get to open their eyes to see this world.
We will never know why accidents happen, and we witness the wretched pain in the eyes of the victims.
We will never know why life sometimes seems to rob us of the things we hold so dear, and so cruelly runs off with our hopes and dreams.
Why our loved ones fall sick and pass on, why those around us stumble and fall, why we ourselves fail and crumble to our knees.
And we will never know why there are times that we have to go through tormenting pain, a wrenching of the heart, and an utter brokenness that no one really understands.
I guess that’s when we have to stop asking the endless questions, and instead ask ourselves what do we know.
And the thankful, and indeed fortunate thing is, we know have a God who cares, gives, and loves us more than we love ourselves.
And we are able to take heart, and be of good cheer in the understanding that He knows when you are hurting, when you are beaten and bruised, when you have no hope for living, and in spite of all this, has chosen to stay by your side.
One day when I get to meet with Him, I shall ask him all the questions I haven’t managed to find an answer to, but in the meantime, I want to be able to love my parents, loved ones, members and friends more and more each day. And I want to be able to, if it is in any way possible, lessen the pain of the people I know, and will meet in future.
My heart just breaks when I see people cry. Everyone deserves to be loved. And I pray that You’d use me Lord, to wipe away tears, because somebody’s crying not too far from here.
For all who are reading this, may the following lyrics to a song bless your heart, and may you have a week filled with love. And if it is possible, you may insert your name and replace ‘the Church’ in the ending stanzas of the song, because He wishes you to be stronger than you think you are.
Stay blessed. =)
The God I Know
When the stage is bare tonight There’s no one else Just You and me When the curtains close behind There’s no pretense I’m on my knees
I will lay down my life For the love sacrifice You gave to me It’s all because of You All because of You
The God I know Righteous and Holy The God I know Faithful and true The God I know My tower of refuge Hearts are healed Christ revealed
The God I know Light of the City The God I know Strengthens the weak The God I know Your heart beats within me As You are, so are we
This is my cry My one desire More of You More of You
The Church He knows Righteous and Holy The Church He knows Is faithful and true The Church He knows A tower of refuge Hearts are healed Christ revealed
The Church He knows Light of this city The Church He knows Strengthens the weak The Church He knows Is strong and mighty As He is, so are we]
i spoke! @ Wednesday, December 10, 2008
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