When hard things happen...

When hard things happen, most people ask God why. How strange it is that before the problem arose, they hardly ever spoke to Him. Never told Him anything. Not how they were feeling, what made them happy or upset or even asked Him for anything. 
Yet, when the hard thing happens, they ask. It is a personal thing to ask someone why they do something. Imagine asking your teacher why she gave you a bad mark for that essay you thought was quite good. Wouldn't you say you would have to know her quite well before asking such a question?  

Yet, without knowing the Heavenly Father at all, you ask and even demand why certain things turn out the way they do. If you walk with Him, you can talk with Him and He will tell you everything you need to know. Jesus said to His disciples that He called them friends and told them everything His Father had told Him.
If you have walked with Him all along and that hard thing happens, you will know that He is with you always. You will know that He has measured that thing exactly for you and that He is helping you all along to carry it. And you will know that as the two of you walk, He will reveal His reasons to you at just the right time.

God's letters to you

Next week it is Valentine’s day. There will be a lot of talk about love. What do you think is the best way to show love to someone? Maybe it is to say yes when he asks you to marry him? Or is it to care for someone who is very sick? Or to do something very romantic like writing the words “I love you” in the sky with the vapour stream of a private aeroplane?

When God wanted to show us His love, He wrote us a love letter. It is called the Bible and it consists of 66 books. Listen to the words from one of His letters:     

                   “Rise up, my love, my fair one,

                     And come away.

                     For lo, the winter is past,

                     The rain is over and gone. “

In John 15:13 Jesus says the following words: “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. “

Why do you think Jesus said this to his disciples?

Do you think it is true or can one show your love for someone in a bigger way than this?

What was He trying to tell them?

If you receive a love letter or even a card from someone, would you not read it? If you receive word upon word from Almighty God, would you not read it?

Greater love.....don’t you long for that? Then read His letters to you.

                             

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