Even if He don't, yet will I hope in him...

So many times it's easy for me to admire people like Job or hymn writers like Horatio G. Spafford for their faith and courage in the dark days

but I realized that I don't  always understand the weight, heartache and brokenness behind those words. It's easy to sing those songs and repeat those words when there's nothing bringing us down and sometimes we don't fully understand that these songs and words were penned down with grieves tears and in their darkest moments when all hope was gone.

Yet Job lifted his eyes unto heaven and sincerely proclaimed 

"The Lord gave and the Lord took away, blessed be the name of the Lord. "

Anna Spafford just after losing her girls in the raging ocean proclaimed

“God gave me four daughters. Now they have been taken from me. Someday I will understand why.”

So the question is; where do we go and to whom do we turn when days get dark?

Who is our hope and confidence in those stormy days?

what is the reflection of our hearts? whether in words or songs?

Can we say with  Bart Millard;

" I know You're able and I know You can

Save through the fire with Your mighty hand
But even if You don't
My hope is You alone
I know the sorrow, and I know the hurt
Would all go away if You'd just say the word
But even if You don't
My hope is You alone"

"The whole point of the song for me is the change that Jesus made in my life is so real and so life-transforming that if He went dark, if He went silent from now on, He would still be my greatest hope because of what He has already done," he shares. "Basically, there's not a single circumstance, I pray, that can derail me from what Christ is to me and who I am because of Christ." 
Bart Millard

Like Anna Spafford,  we may not understand today and we may continue to ask why...but there is a comforter and a refuge in the moment so let's rest in Him. Someday, someday we will understand why. 

 

 

“Cast all your anxiety on him…” Why?  “…because he cares for you.”   1 Peter 5:7

 “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,whenever you face trials of many kinds...”

Why?  “…because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”  James 1:2-4   

“And we know that in All things (whether good or bad) God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”    Romans 8:28