This weeks topic is Why Bad Things Happen To Good People?
I Don’t Know….I am not even going to pretend to understand or try and explain it. I believe that there are just somethings that only the Lord can make us see. I am not trying to be flippant but truly you can no more explain to me why my father died a week before my daughter was born then I can explain why a hardship happened to you.
I have had a few “Bad Things” happen to me and my family-
My Daughter was hit by a Car (She is Fine)
My Son was burned with Fireworks (He is Fine)
My Husband was laid off right before Christmas
I have had strange Medical things happening for the last 4 years
My Mother in Law Died
My Father Died
I could go on I am sure but what good does it do me to dwell on “Bad Things”. Sometimes things in life really suck.
Do I wish they had never happened? Yes!
Did I cry out to the Lord and ask why? Yes!
Do I put 100% of My Faith and Trust in God? YES!!
Trust in the Lord with all your heart;
do not depend on your own understanding.
-Proverbs 3:5
I suggest you visit the other ladies. They are much more spiritual in this topic then me. I just have to Trust in God. It is truly the only answer I have for you all. I can’t sugar coat it any better.
Please join us at Hearts Reflections for more conversations regarding What’s on Your Mind ‘09? – Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
Those that are most slow in making a promise
are the most faithful in the performance of it.
— Jean Jacques Rousseau
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My son turns 16 today. It has been an interesting year with him. I am really proud of what he has accomplished, what he has chosen to stand for, and his self control that he exhibits daily with his grandfather. Now ssshhhhh, I am not suppose to talk about him on my blog so don’t tell. 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYAN!!
I have gotten to spend this last glorious week with my Girls in Edmond, Oklahoma.
While I have been here two amazing blog writers have been writing about the finer parts of Tornadoes and Earthquakes. Natalie at I Am (not) and Sarah at The Best Days of my Life. It has been an awesome back and forth dialog both on “The Twitter” and via Blog.
Today I got to have lunch with the Amazing Robin. It was her Birthday!!! She brought me back to the Beautiful Cindy’s house. As we are all chatting Robin gets a call. There are tornado sirens going off in Yukon. I can’t believe it. I am in Edmond, Oklahoma. I am visiting from California. UHMM, Excuse me Mr. Tornado Maker you aren’t suppose to be here for a few more months.
We watched Rick Mitchell showing us all the pretty colors and lines. Apparently the pink and black colors are bad. Follow the link for the real news story.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid823425597/bclid877032950/bctid1801207160
I survived….the February 10, 2009 Edmond Oklahoma Tornado and I want a T-Shirt that says so. 
Please you all say your prayers for the families of the 8 who died, for those whose homes where lost or damaged, for the business that will need to clean up before opening again. Natalie’s mom was in one of the affected businesses and thankfully was unharmed.
So to once again give my answer to the question of Tornadoes or Earthquakes….I am sticking with Earthquakes!!!
The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection. And we must not select a few favorite passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.
~A.W. Tozer
I pick the prettiest part of the sky and
I melt into the wing and then into the air,
till I’m just a soul on a sunbeam. ~Richard Bach
I am flying today.
