“For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD…”
Jeremiah 30:17
When you consider the process that gold or diamonds have to go through to shine in their purposeful form, there is some sort of waste shed during the process.
Funny enough, you and me as children of God, have to endure a similar process for the Glory of God to shine in us and through us in its truest divine form. The only difference between the two processes, is that there is absolutely no waste in God’s process.
Every part of your journey is for the glory of God.
Today, I watched a Netlix documentary titled, Where Was God? – a film that captured the story of hope, faith, and restoration for the survivors of the 2013 Oklahoma tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. 25 people, including seven children at an elementary school, lost their lives.
I was amazed at the power of God in more ways than one.
I first sat in awe at the power of God as I saw the video of the powerful and fatal winds that carried and toppled cars and houses in the blink of an eye.
Then I watched in awe at the rubble after the storm, as a community prepared to recover from loss and tragedy.
The parents of one of the young children, Nicholas, told their story. Nicholas was a gift from God to a father who was told at 16 that he would not be able to father any children in this world. So the love for Nicholas was beyond ordinary…But God gave and took away.
Another 14-year-old tornado survivor recounted the story of the Oklahoma tornado that happened two years earlier in 2011, in which she lost her father and her younger sister.
The film brought tears of sorrow, joy, and hope to my eyes.
Loss is so painful. Read ‘GOD GIVES EVEN WHEN HE TAKES AWAY’
But something deeper is struck when young lives end so soon, so unexpectedly. I wondered myself ‘Where was God?’
After the tornado, something great happened in the community of Moore. Strangers became friends, a community grew through pain and became stronger in faith and hope. Lives were turned around when survivors received Christ as their savior even through discomfort.
God was there, as He is always with his children.
When I first sought the spirit on the direction of this particular post, I thought I only had to speak about the goodness of God even through our worst times in life. But I heard the Word remind me that even as we lay in waste out of confusion, pain, anger, or misguidance, God is there.
Friend, there is no waste in God’s process. FINISH READING HERE.