Dried Tears; Day284

Rev 21:4  God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish (sorrow and mourning) nor grief nor pain any more, for the old conditions and the former order of things have passed away. [Isa. 25:8; 35:10.]
Psa 107:28  Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, and He brings them out of their distresses.
Psa 107:29  He hushes the storm to a calm and to a gentle whisper, so that the waves of the sea are still. [Ps. 89:9; Matt. 8:26.]
Psa 107:30  Then the men are glad because of the calm, and He brings them to their desired haven.

I am reposting Praise You In The Storm here because it fits to the Word of the Day. I’ve been in the crossroad lately, actually me and my wife and my daughter are in the middle of indecision.  Brittney, my 16 years old just got her driver’s license a month ago and now the idea of getting a car for her comes up all the time.  Will you trust your 16 years old out there in the open?  Homeostasis-resistance to change (that’s where I am right now, my family in general). Life is good, every corner under my management at home is just so perfect and I have no headaches or big problems.  I can’t imagine myself going through a teen driver crisis and that is why I hold off as much as I could of getting her a car.  I also believe that sometimes we have to get out from our comfort zone and be brave out there.  My wife thinks that I am too stiff of my decision making, that I made up my mind too strong that no one can change it.  Not so, actually, I think my daughter will get her car sooner than we think (after a heavenly confirmation).

I have to mention the teen driver situation because yesterday when I passed by at Shoreline Christian Center, I had a teary eyes thinking about how Pastor Rob (about my age) dealt his losses, first his dad died in a boating accident and then a week later, his 16-year old son wrecked his car and died.  Pastor Rob’s faith been tested beyond comprehension, how do you recover from those kind of losses.  The Philippines lately experienced a horrible series of storms, the pictures of the devastation are so shocking but encouraging. Encouraging in a sense that people are helping people.  Typical Filipino trait, seldom you see that in other countries.  I was in the Ormoc flood in 1991 and I saw the same thing that I’ve seen lately in the news.  People helping people.  Now switching gears at my circle, lately, I’ve been helping out friends who lost their job.  The economy is already hard for those who have a steady job, how much more to those who still have to look for one.  One friend of mine, has 5 kids, wife was not working (to take care of the kids) and then the husband lost his job.  The family lost more than a paycheck, they lost a security blanket over them.  How do you overcome that? Another close friend of mine who is separated from his wife for >8 years to provide for his family and lately had been suffering from physical problems with no wife or child to comfort him, how do you deal with that? 

In short, we have tears in every corner of this life. Some has less and some just happened to be well selected to suffer.  I mentioned ‘selected’ because when you have the most amount of tears, you are more glorified in the end.  Friends sometimes asked me difficult questions “Why it is me?” Why do I have to suffer? Why others are just living a good life everyday and me … always in a roller coaster of defeat and suffering. The correct answer is “I don’t know” but I know that God will wipe away every tears in ours eyes one day.  I will keep trusting Him no matter what. I hope that you will too.  Be encourage!  Our tears will evaporate one day.

Welcome Mrs. Fredelita Kong, Abing, Gene and wife, Girlie in my Facebook. 

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