What Is Your Greatest Reality in Your Darkest Moment?

Tornadoes have swept through Arkansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, and Tennessee the last couple of days.  Families are grieving the death of loved ones.  As I was having my quiet time with God this morning, I thought about how God is everywhere (He is omnipresent).  He was with the people who were affected by the storms just as He was with us last night, as we thanked Him for protecting us from tornadoes.  It happens every second around the world.  Where one may be in his or her darkest moment, someone else is having his or her happiest moment.  The day I gave birth to Karsten and the day God gave us Kylie were some of the happiest days of our lives, but somewhere around the world those particular days were the worst for people.  Just as the day I gave birth to Kyler but he had already slipped away in the sovereign hands of God, that was a difficult time in our lives, but for many that was a great day. 

What is your greatest reality in your darkest moment?  For me, it was an all-powerful, ever present God.  I walk by faith, not by sight.  Even though I've never seen Him, I know He exists.  And God rewards those who diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6).  I'm sure the families who were in the paths of the tornadoes were crying out to God to protect them.  He heard their prayers and He answered according to His perfect will.  But remember He still answered.  Brad, Karsten and I prayed for Kyler from the time I found out I was pregnant.  We prayed for good health for him and for protection over him.  We prayed on the way to the hospital while in labor.  Did God hear us?  He sure did.  And He answered our prayers according to His sovereign will. 

This life is hard.  There will always be suffering until Jesus Christ returns.  We as believers must endure while we focus on what Christ has accomplished for us.  Let's remember to weep with those who weep, and rejoice with those who rejoice. 

Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God (Hebrews 12:1-2).