When Life Throws a Curveball

When life throws you a curveball, you think, I can get through this because God never gives me more than I can handle. Truth is he will always give us more because he wants us to draw closer to him. We are not meant to handle life on our own. Every time we are faced with storms in our life it’s a test to see if we turn to Jesus or we try and handle it on our own. The Lord said -“I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20)

Unmet Expectations

I don’t think I am the only one who had or has expectations for my life. So when my expectation for still being married crashed an burned by his death. My 1st thoughts were, how the heck can I do this? As I look back I see now that “I” didn’t do it, God was there through every step. Each day I tried to remember to be thankful for Jesus who gave me the strength to get through the day. Life is unpredictable that is for sure. We make lots of decisions and choices each day. Most of the time we don’t give it a second thought. That is until we are thrown a curveball. Then we wonder where Jesus is? Often we feel abandoned.

Life in the Fire

We don’t realize that it’s in the storms of life that Jesus strengthens us. Just like one must do to get metal to mold it must be stuck in the 🔥 fire. I was once told that you can’t get to the mountain top without going through the valley. So it is in the tragedies, the un-met expectations that we learn, grow, and get stronger. When things all around us come crashing down; ie: the dog who never poops in the house suddenly does, the toilet breaks and the car won’t start, the kids use nonwashable markers on the walls. When troubles come it’s so easy to get angry, discouraged, and hard to remember that our Lord uses these troubles to move us closer to him and our destiny.

At first, I couldn’t see how Tom’s death could lead me to anything good. After all, how could being alone after 43 years be a good thing? Leaving everything I had know for the past 35 years all gone. But I am learning to lean on the Lord way more than I ever did in the past. Developing a greater understanding that we are not meant to go through life alone.

“if you saw the size of the blessing coming, you would understand the magnitude of the battle you are fighting”

(quote from Women of Fatih)

My life is in your hands

Oh, sure, If I could gracefully accept every challenge that comes my way it would make life easier. But I often forget that when things are difficult as they have been it is because God is planning something amazing in my life. As I traverse through my life each day can be a new opportunity to discover who I am. If I allow the grace of God to move in me and trust that he does know better than I. His timing is always perfect, so why do I forget that and try to make things happen in my time? If I take the time to look back over the past months, years I can see how things I thought should happen didn’t and good thing. There were things that happened I didn’t expect and turned out to be a blessing in disguise. One of my favorite songs is “My Life is in Your Hands” by Kathy Troccoli.

Death is a part of life and sometimes it takes a tragedy to remind us who is in control of life. If I could have a wish it would be that Tom is here with me, but that is not how life works. Even though nothing seems clear at this moment; I choose to give my life to you each day, Lord, and trust that you will make something good from all this pain.

“The trials of earth are small compared with the triumph of heaven.” (our daily bread)

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