Why vs What

We’ve all been there. Something negative happens in our lives and we ask “why”, “why me”, “why now”. My husband and I went through a very traumatic experience in 2019. He became very ill with an infection in his heart and developed sepsis. He needed open heart surgery to replace two of his heart valves. He came within an inch of death. While he was in the hospital, we had a very deep discussion about all the events that had occurred leading up that moment. There were so many mistakes made by certain medical professionals. We were ignorant to the signs and symptoms of sepsis and congestive heart failure. In the end, we turned our eyes upward to God and determined that there is something we needed to learn from this terrible situation. So our question became “what” not “why”. What is Your plan, God? What do you want us to learn from this? 

Romans 8:28 says, “And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His plan and purpose.” We knew that God loved us and had not left us. In hindsight, I can now see how God used this situation to bring my husband and I closer. I feel that my faith in Him is stronger. We are both more in tune with our purpose, which is to love God and love others more deeply. We are more eternally minded because we know that our day of entering eternity may come at any moment. 

Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank You for putting eternity in my heart. My focus is not on the temporal things of this world. My focus is on Your eternal purpose for my soul.