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A Good Purpose
June 14, 2009 - Sophia Layanto
"God has his
purposes for everything. You might not understand it now,
but trust God because he knows the best for you."
I've heard this hundreds of times before, but I never really understood
it until today.
On the way to school, my sister read Matthew 6 aloud, about not worrying about
anything, because God takes care of everything, and God loves us and knows what
we need. It really struck me.
Last night, I had been talking to mom about complaining. Later on in school,
some key elements from our long conversation the night before jumped out to fit
with the verses Nana read and my own personal reflection.
I recalled an old sermon by the pastor in my church in Singapore. It was about
the constellation Orion, three bright stars in the dark night sky that form a
perfect line. The pastor's sermon was about how the stars in Orion were actually
hundreds or thousands of light years apart, and if you were on one of them you
wouldn't be able to see anything. Only from this point, Earth, in the whole
universe, do the three stars align, in a perfect row. He used this to illustrate
that sometimes we don't understand, we can't see the greater meaning in things.
But God can see the big picture that we cannot comprehend. We are just one small
piece in God's giant picture, and we might not even have a clue. One puzzle
piece of his giant, beautiful, perfect jigsaw. And because God loves us so much
and he knows everything, we can trust that he is doing it right.
Suddenly, it all clicked together in my head, and I understood.
I expected a lot from the week. I got a lot of disappointments. I was
frustrated, I was angry. I had a discussion with my mom. My sister read a Bible
verse. I suddenly remembered an old sermon. I was reminded that we were supposed
to pray that 'God's will be done', not ours.
"God used me, used your sister, used your bad
day, used the verse, to make it all click in your head. That's amazing. That's
how you know God is real. He's speaking to you." - Mom, said when I told her
about it.
So...
Don't worry about the future.
God loves us.. God knows everything. God will take care of us, and we can trust
him. Relax, and let everything play out, knowing that God is in total control.
Whatever happens, God is in control. There is a purpose. And it is good.
Sofia Layanto
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