Why is it so easy for us to see the lessons God wants others to learn while wearing blinders to Him working in our own lives? Maybe it’s that proverbial log (Matt. 7:3) we’re carrying around in our eye. Sometimes I think I have an entire forest that blinds me.
As I watch my family struggle through a situation that impacts many lives, I’m reminded that God is still in control. As I think back to times when my children were little and I wanted to protect them from everything hurtful and sad, it dawned on me: that’s what builds character. And if God gives each of us free will, who am I to interfere in His plan?
It’s interesting how when disaster strikes one person, those around her learn lessons too. For me it’s that God still hears my prayers. For over 6 months many of you have joined me in prayer for my niece, Lydia. And as I watch her mother’s blog, I pray harder. And I see His answers. Lydia has chosen treatment instead of staying in the typical denial mode of peers in her situation. Her family, one by one, is seeing that she is ill and needs help. And one by one as they go through the process of acceptance, I see God’s hand on each of them.
My prayer now is for the entire family to heal and for Lydia to know how loved she really is. Whether she ever moves back home or not isn’t important. The fact that she’s getting help is. And though it’s difficult to not worry about finances, God has that under control as well. Sometimes He wants us to reset our priorities, but money is of this world, and we are not.
So once again I am reminded about how we grow the most when pruned by the Gardener. And there’s a lot of pruning going on in my family these days. Please pray for them all, and for your own family. We never know what’s going on in those around us. I’m reminded of the Casting Crowns song, “Does Anybody Hear Her?” There’s a lot of struggling people out there. Do we see them? Do we hear?
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