For the Tough Times

Dear readers,

Every once in a while we will sometime experience tough times in our life. Failed your exam, lost job, relationship fall apart, turbulent within your family members, your loved one died, losing your faith etc. What can you do?

I have a reader from United State shared with me about his marriage life. He told me that he and his wife having a problem in communications. Both of them wake up early in the morning to work and came home late at night. They barely see and talk with each other. He said that he will get a divorce soon. In the message, he writes that they have a beautiful young daughter.

When I asked him, “What about your daughter, is she okay with this decision?”

He replied, “We have no choice… she will stay with me.”

I told him that I’m a single adult and not qualified to advice him about the issue of marriage. But I kept on pressing him to reconsider the matter over and over again. I asked him in the light of his daughter’s situations,

“Do you want her to live her adult life without both of her parent?”

“Don’t you think that she needs her mother?”

“Have you talked this matter together as a family?”

“Did you consult God on this?”

After that I never heard any news from him. This is his tough time. Maybe at this reading you’re also in the midst of your tough time. There seems to be no way out. Your mind is confused and your judgment is shaken. What can you do?

David writes a Psalm, “When all that is good falls apart, what can good people do?” (11:3) When unspeakable tragedies and incomprehensible situations occur, we are confused, saddened and even frustrated.

 Next, David answered his own question with a declaration. “The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord sits on his throne in Heaven.” (Psalm 11:4). Max Lucado writes, “His point is unmistakable: God is unaltered by our storms. He is undeterred by our problems. He is unfrightened by these problems. He is in his holy temple. He is on his throne in heaven.”

Throughout the Bible, God is not change. He is still in control. From our human perspective, the world and even our lives often seem to be random and unpredictable, but God is ultimately in control. What He did then, He will do still. What He can do then, bringing out the best in His servants; He can do it now, helping us to get up again. Our own effort might fail us, but don’t you quit reaching toward Heaven for Hope. Facing your tough times by facing your tough God!

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