When Life Happens

My mother, rest her soul, use to say, “Just keep on living and one day life will happen to you”.  When she would say this, I would just smile and say, I know what you mean.  My family for the most part was physically blessed.  My mom, dad, grandmother and great uncles lived a good life, disease free until very late in their lives.   But as my mother said, our turn of events came in sets, my great uncle, my grandmother, my daddy, my mother and then my other great uncle all died over a span of 5 years.  My mom and dad died within 5 months of each other.  Suddenly it was. 

During this time of my life and the first time in my life, I was in “when life happens”.  What got me through my “when life happens” moment, was a trust in God like never before.  I had to spend time with him alone.  I read the Word a lot, I prayed a lot, and of course I cried a lot.  I had to build my faith quick because I had to be strong for my parents, grandmother and great uncles.  Plus I had children of my own and had to be strong for them.  I was with my grandmother when she passed.  The doctors took me to a private room while they tried to revive her, I prayed to God (she was 86) and he said to me that he had her.  I was relieved and sad, but more relieved because I knew where she was.  I cried at the foot of my mother’s hospital bed because she was towing with living and giving up.  She finally gave up.  Hurtful as it was, there was nothing that I could do or say. 

When life happens to you, you must put your faith in God into another gear.  You realize how insignificant other issues are and come to a place of understanding what’s important to God and ultimately to you.  You mature to a new height.  When life happens, you need to talk to God more and ask for strength.  The Word of God tells us to study and mediate on God’s word day and night, and my friends believe me, when life happens, you will do just this.  You should seek his word for understanding, for help, and for comfort.  You will come to realization that God is good no matter what and he was indeed there with you when life happens.