January is half over and some have experienced what we pray and wish for... a HAPPY start to the new year. Of course there is always the discussion what IS true HAPPINESS? Does that mean everything has to be wonderful and go my way to be happy? To ensure happiness does that mean the journey must be "pain free?" Where does my true joy come from?
Some have already experienced pain, grief, disappointments, despair, bad news, losses, failures and heartache. Individually, we probably can all name a few in both categories. As a nation our minds immediately go to Haiti in the midst of the devastation they are facing. Our hearts here at the Litzke home are especially affected due to Haiti being Sophie's birth country and the connections we maintain there through the orphanage, friends and distant family remaining.
As I read my devotions yesterday, this came through my inbox and I just feel it is so powerful and something that we as parents pass on to our kids faithfully...but, Frank says it best ...
God does not waste an ounce of our pain or a drop of our tears;suffering doesn't come our way for no reason, and He seems especially efficient at using what we endure to mold our character. If we are malleable, He takes our bumps and bruises and shapes them into something beautiful.
-- Frank Peretti
THERE IS HOPE. When we have Jesus..there is ALWAYS HOPE. So today, I choose to cling to the promises of the Father and repeat the words of Mr. Peretti...GOD will use this in some way. We may never understand and God may never explain it in simple words to us. Our prayer is that we continue to come together as the "body" and respond in love as the hands and feet of Jesus--even when it gets tough--to our neighbors--to HIS CHILDREN in Haiti. That God reminds us all that we are blessed no matter what our circumstances because HE LOVES US! Oh He loves us..let's pass that message on to Haiti and around the world right now!
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