LOSS

I wrote this in October but lost it when I couldn't remember my blog username!! Anyhow, I have it all figured out now and thought I would post this one again.

Today I was reading about Loss. Like most people, I have a few losses. One is the dream of a healthy child and one is my dad's death. Both of them threw me for a loop and took a while to get over. But anytime we are challenged over a death of some kind, we are challenged to allow the loss to bring gain for Christ. While reading about this in my Beth Moore study, the story of the death of Lazarus was brought into focus. Jesus loved this family and was very moved and heart broken over Lazarus's death....(this account says Jesus wept over the death of His friend)...but there are reasons listed in the account in the book of John for Lazarus's death. Verse 4 and 40 say it was for God's glory and for Christ's glory, vs 11 says Lazarus died so He (Jesus) could "wake him up", vs 15 said it was so the disciples would believe. So God had reasons behind this as He does for us. I think one of the things that was hardest for me, was not only the loss, but my loss of faith. It took awhile for me to recover it. Satan had turned my losses into bondage.Also, Beth suggests that God never allows any illness to end in death for a Christian. Death is never the end of anyone's life in Christ. Dad is still living...just in a different space and time. He will live for eternity because he accepted Christ as the way to heaven. And Korie's problem is temporary. For all eternity she will have a perfect body.And life is always about change. I hate change. I detest it. I don't even like it a little bit. And yet over the last few years, God has really changed me and I believe it for the better. I have a long way to go but yet I am learning to let God be God. He has become the only explanation for my emotional survival. What else do I need in life? I have it all. I have a wonderful family, the best church in the world and the best friends. And I have God who has given me all these things because every gift I have comes from Him.