Life...Unconditional

Where do I even start? Life has a funny way of catching us by surprise. It's like one day you're going along, living life, just keeping up with the day to day, when WHAM BAM! Life smacks us in the face! We then begin to question why. Why did this happen? What did I do to deserve this? What happens next? and one of the most familiar....WHY did God ALLOW this to happen to me? Many times we ask these questions, because we don't think we deserve for things to happen to us...but why not?

What did we do that should keep us from the trials of life?

The answer is nothing...absolutely nothing should keep us from these many trials we will face in a lifetime.

The old saying that comes to mind is this: we were never promised a rose garden in life. We live day to day expecting everything to go our way. We want that perfect job, that perfect family, with the perfect spouse, and the perfect kids....WHAM BAM....REALITY!!!!! There is no such thing as a perfect human. Were you ready for that smack? Most people probably weren't.

I got caught up in that lie, myself. And life smacked me in the face!!!! Big time!!!!

And though I could really get caught up in the pity party ( I do at times) , I can also realize that even in these storms, God is there. He is with us during all of our trials of life. And though sometimes we are allowed to hurt.....He doesn't let go. He is big enough to handle it all. We, again ,are given the opportunity to choose....to choose to let go and let God. I know...another saying, but with a tremendous amount of truth.

I am thankful that although life throws us many hurdles, I can always count on God's unconditional love.

He is with you....Mandisa

There’s a time to live and a time to die
There’s a time to laugh and a time to cry
There’s a time for war and a time for peace
There’s a hand to hold in the worst of these
In the worst of these
He is with you when your faith is dead
And you can’t even get out of bed
Or your husband doesn’t kiss you anymore
He is with you when your baby’s gone
And your house is still, and your heart’s a stone
Cryin’ God, what’d You do that for
He is with you
There’s a time for yes and a time for no
There’s a time to be angry and a time to let it go
There is a time to run and a time to face it
There is love to see you through all of this
Through all of this
He is with you in the conference room
When the world is coming down on you
And your wife and kids don’t know you anymore
He is with you in the I.C.U
When the doctors don’t know what to do
And it scares you to the core, he is with you
We may weep for a time
But joy will come in the morning
The morning light!!!
He is with you when your kids are grown
When there’s too much space and you feel alone
And you’re worried if you got it right or wrong
Yes, He is with you when you’ve given up
On ever finding your true love
Someone who feels like home
HE is with you
When nothing else is left
And you take your final breath
HE is with you
HE is with you