tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857009478210209961.post4619716379556609319..comments2023-06-06T09:28:19.418-07:00Comments on Triplets: Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00828095921671264066noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857009478210209961.post-26662880983581946352011-07-26T10:37:22.477-07:002011-07-26T10:37:22.477-07:00I believe that our prayers are never unanswered......I believe that our prayers are never unanswered...just not answered the way we want them. I also believe that we will get to heaven and suddenly all the answers to all these questions will come to us and we will be in awe of how much better God's plans are than ours. I obviously have never been through losing children and I have no idea where I'd be if I had gone through that. I think it's sometimes good to question God, purely for the reason that it helps us grow in the Lord and learn more about Him. It's hard to know that God has a better plan, but then have to live through it, you know He will work it out for good, you know he is sovereign and you know we need to trust him, but to live it out after such a tragedy is hard and I don't think God has a problem with our struggle with trust...He knows us better than we know ourselves. I think sometimes reminding ourselves of those truths are really powerful, even if we are not there yet. He will meet us where we are at and He reveal those truths to us in His time. I love the poem "Footprints" cause it reminds me in the times we feel we aren't able to fully trust and fully walk with him...He carries us. He is carrying you and Cody and when you are ready He will help you walk and trust and feel a peace that surpasses all understanding. You are going through the valley right now and as long as you continue to seek God and want to trust Him, you will be up on the mountain top and look back and see where you came from...it's just getting there that is the worst part...and I have faith that you WILL get there! Anyway, I hope this makes sense...I love you and think you are so amazing and you really are dealing with all this well...I know that's hard for you to see right now, and it is not making things easier for you but you are doing the best you can and it is amazing. *HUGS* =)Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01970589825157302782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857009478210209961.post-58874813056978406932011-07-25T12:58:46.864-07:002011-07-25T12:58:46.864-07:00this is interesting to me. I mean that in the best...this is interesting to me. I mean that in the best way, let me see if I can get out everything I'm thinking... First of all, I don't think that just because God doesn't always answer our prayers it means He's not trustworthy. I too have a hard time trusting Him, not because I feel that He doesn't love me, more because He doesn't let me in on the game plan. What we see when we're in something is just that, the inside of it... what God sees is the big picture, the greater plan. And I've been learning that I am not God, and can not see what is best for me, so I have been learning to trust Him on a different level then I ever have before. God will take what was meant for evil and turn it into good. Like you said, bad things happen, God doesn't make them happen, He lets them... but if you let the bad then consume you, you're not going to see the bigger picture. I firmly believe that there was a reason Cody wasn't able to be there on time. I don't know what it is, but I think someday you'll see it, just give it time.ellen ~ aka cherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014740883978860293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857009478210209961.post-29108425754118361102011-07-25T12:46:14.424-07:002011-07-25T12:46:14.424-07:00Well, this is sort of personal, my thoughts are ma...Well, this is sort of personal, my thoughts are maybe complex and I am sure there are others who would disagree with me too, so I might just write it out and send to you.Martha A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02426112535240400393noreply@blogger.com