The Deep End of the Pool

This coming Monday, I have a dear friend facing a life threatening surgery. 
Every doctor she talked to, politely declined, stating the surgery was too risky. 
Then the good Lord brought a surgeon into her life that offered her hope. 
He looked everything over and offered to perform the surgery.
Our hearts are filled with prayer and confidence that the good Lord will hold her in His arms through the surgery.
And whatever God’s will is for the outcome….
Then that is our prayer.

Meditate on James 4:14-15:
Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. 
What is your life? 
You are a mist that appears for a little while
and then vanishes. 
Instead, you ought to say,
"If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that."

Paul was able to look at life from the perspective of,

“We are confident, I say,
and willing
rather to be absent from the body,
and to be present with the Lord.”
2 Corinthians 5:8

Jesus instructed His disciples to pray Matthew 6:9-13:

“Our Father in Heaven
Hallowed be Your name,
Your kingdom come,
Your will be done
On earth as it is in Heaven….”

Many of these struggles are through no fault of their own ~

but the pain and frustrations remain none the less. 

Most people have discovered that the great “WHY ME” question

isn’t to be answered in this life. 

“WHY” is a faith building exercise that leads us to accepting

that God is good and knows what He is doing ~

and we have to find peace in that. 

Repeat after me, "God is God and I am not God". 

This is a healthy perspective that sheds light on our issues.   

This introduces one of my favorite Bible verses:  Genesis 50:20

I would suggest you write this down somewhere because it offers a perspective of encouragement when you are swimming in the deep end of the pool.

“You intended to harm me,

but God intended it for good
to accomplish what is now being done,
the saving of many lives,”  

So my concluding thought is this:

Will you trust that God is always good
in every situation
working behind the scenes
to bring about the best possible result?