I was chatting with a mom of a special needs kiddo last week. We’ve known each other for quite sometime, but because of life (& lack of focus on my part) we lost track of some big life events. It turns out that she had a fight with cancer several years ago. I was stunned. But what I really found the most amazing is her perspective. She said that God put her here for her kiddo and she knew He would take care of everything.

Let me be quite honest, I would have stood in the midst of my circumstances and bellowed my disappointment and disapproval of God’s choices in allowing me to have an illness that was so devastating and difficult. I would have bemoaned my challenges and moped around like a spoiled child. I know the verses about things” working for the good” and that God makes things that seem impossible possible. But I would want to know why and what purpose such an illness serves. Then I would have demanded the healing…immediately

This sweet momma may have, in the midst of her treatment, asked these questions, but there is a calm in her spirit now that says differently. 

I think that we, as humans, are so short-sighted. We can’t wait to see the results; sometimes even before the process is done. I want the evidence before the search is finished. It’s that “show me the money” mentality. Reality is so different and hindsight is 20/20. When I stop striving to get to the outcome I can remember the things that the Lord has done, and begin to wait with more trust. 

My friend trusted that she was being kept safe and so was her precious child; that the outcome was in Jesus’ hands, and that no matter what she did, “grace and mercy will [would] follow her all the days of her life, and she would dwell in the house of the Lord forever”. (Ps 23:6 modified)

We all have to wait sometimes. I pray that we will learn to wait knowing God is good and has good things for us.

Blessings to you today.

~Christa