Why Me, God?

Why Me, God?

"Why Me?" is the first question we ask when tragedy strikes.
For some of us, the same question pops up when we have a flat tire. Or get a cold. Or get caught in a freak rain shower.

Somewhere along the way, we have become convinced that life should be all good, all the time. If you are a Christian, you may believe God should protect you from every hardship, large and small. God is good, so life should be fair.
But life isn't fair. You learn that lesson early from the schoolyard bully or a clique of cruel girls. Just about the time you forget, you're reminded with another painful lesson that hurts as much as it did when you were ten years old.
Pain Can Only Delay Us

Suffering is so unfair. It kidnaps your attention and tries to force it to look at your pain. But there's something suffering cannot do. It cannot steal Jesus Christ from you.
You may be going through a terrible ordeal at this moment, such as divorce or unemployment or serious illness. You don't deserve it, and feel there's no way out...but You have to keep going.

If you can manage, with the help of the Holy Spirit, to look beyond your suffering to your sure reward of eternal life with Jesus, you can make it through this journey. Pain may be an unavoidable detour, but it cannot keep you from reaching your final destination.

Some day, you will stand face to face with your Savior. You will gaze on the beauty of your new home, filled with never ending love. You will look at the nail scars in Jesus' hands.

You will know your unworthiness to be there, and filled with gratitude and humility, you will ask, "Why Me?"
Shelly