3/30/2011

So its just about the end of the month. Crazy how fast it has gone by. This month has been really stressful due to the amount of school I had to do, along with debate, speech, and college stuff. Because of all this, I have be severely lacking in my bible studies. But I am getting back to it. I opened my bible today on a random chapter and today its on Psalms 22.Read it here

I have a Teen Study bible and right next to the chapter was a big question sent in by a kid. The question was,

"Why does God allow people to suffer so much from hurricanes and tsunamis?"

I think everyone has that question, but we add on to it. We don't just ask why he allows natural disasters, we ask why he allows disasters in our lives as well. A lot of people think that since this happens, God doesnt care. We all say, (Even Christians)
"My God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me?So far from the words of my groaning?"(Psalms 22:1)
But its not true. Heres what I think of the matter.

1.God Does care- Psalms 22:24 says
"For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him. but has listened to his cry for help"

Honestly, I don't know you. I don't know what your going through. But I do know one thing, God has not forgotten you. A lot of the times its the other way around, we have forgotten God. We have forgotten his promises to us. "For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you a hope and a future"~ Jeremiah 29:11
We just have to remember that.

2.God has a plan
No matter what we go through, God has a purpose. We need to understand that it will turn out for the best somehow. We get so caught up in what we are going through now, we don't see the big picture.


When I was little, my little brother Noah would get in trouble. My mom would punish him and talk to him and he would cry saying he didn't want to do his work. My mom always told him "Noah someday this may be a testimony". Noah still cried. He was about 6 at the time. My mom told him "Noah, you can't have a testimony without a test". My little brother replies "Well i just want the mony".
Coming from a 6 year old, it was thought of as cute. But its true for all of us. We want to have a testimony, but we want to skip the test. The trails and tribulations.The hard times. We can't. Through every disaster there is hope. Through every pain there is healing. God always has a plan. I think thats why there are disasters, they mold us and shape us to who God wants us to be.

Romans 8:28 says,

And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.

In the end, everything will work out. We just have to continue trusting and hoping.

~A hurting teen

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