As children we often did not understand some of the decisions our parents made due to our inability to see the “big picture”. When we became adults we could look back and understand why they responded as they did. Hindsight is always better than foresight.
If we were blessed with good parents, we begin to understand that their motivation was our good as they sought to shape us and teach us how to survive with strong morals. When we ourselves become parents we gain a deeper understanding of what goes into making those decisions that impact our children. It is painful when we must correct our children, make them wait for something or teach them about integrity, hard work, fairness or injustice. But we see the bigger picture and understand it is for their good that we must teach these valuable lessons. Love demands that we impart this wisdom to ensure their survivability in the world!
Given that, why is it then that we as adults are so quick to blame God for these same principles in our adult lives? As adults we still must deal with injustices, wrong attitudes needing adjustment or lessons of integrity to be learned. Our Father in heaven loves us with an even deeper love than our earthly parentals. He see's the bigger picture. Yet when we must wait longer than we like, when things don't turn out the way we prayed them to, or life comes along and deals out another hand of injustice, we are so quick to blame God for it all.
This is not faith or belief in Gods love for us, it is just the opposite. You may SAY you love and trust God but your actions and attitude say differently. Ouch. People world wide know the exasperation of a child throwing a willful temper tantrum. Satan – the deliverer of trouble, injustice and disease --- GLORIES in us as we whine like spoiled children at Gods feet.
As an adult looking back over your childhood, the proof that your mom, dad and grandparents loved you “is in the pudding” as they say. You can go back throughout your life with a fine tooth comb and find every evidence there is to the reality of their love for you. What you find there builds your faith in their love.
Sadly, many believers in Christ today struggle to find a trusting relationship with God because of abuse from the very one's who were entrusted with their care. While I do not have all the answers, I do know that often they can look back and go over their life with a fine tooth comb and find evidence of God bringing people into their lives to feed them the love He longed for them to have. We must never doubt Gods desire to lift us above our circumstances. This side of heaven we will never know fully every time God intervened, buoyed our circumstances to make them do-able or sent angels to minister to us in body or spirit form. We must TRUST that he has been with us, interceding for us.
Though God is not tangible if you look back throughout your life with him you will see the proof is in the pudding. Count your blessings. You will see the painting of his presence in prayers answered or unanswered. Look for the doors that opened or closed miraculously. Look for the scriptures that actually played out in your life as God kept his word. Hindsight allows you to look back over the canvas of your life to see his love for you IS factual. REMEMBER how he has shown his love for you. REMEMBER where you see his fluid patterns emerge. TRUST in his love for you.
Become a better child. Strive to become a lover of your heavenly father, not a whiner.
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed upon you because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.” Isaiah 26:3-4
“But as for me I trust in you O Lord; I say “you are my GOD”. My times are in your hands.” Psalms 31:14-15
SO good Momma!! :-)♥
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