God Has a Reason for Things to Happen

       "God has a reason for things to happen."

       

         This saying just got to me last night and this morning. I have a friend that says this saying a lot, which is great. It just shows that my friend is trusting God with everything that is happening. It is the most simple and easiest saying to say and remember but to do it and believe it is another whole story. It isn't easy. As I have a new challenge in my life to say and believe that, it has been hard for me.
         For me, a person with high anxiety and stressed, it is good for me to try and remember. It just shows I am giving things to God like I should. We might not see the action right after or we might. That doesn't matter all that matters is that we know God has things in control. Therefore, things happen that we don't even plan for a good reason down the road.
         Something bad might have to us or that is how we think but it might be better for us in the long run. We just don't know it yet. I like this view or picture of mind that I got this morning. Picture a truck breaking down in a middle of a long trip. The part that broke down was a major part of the truck. You might want to get mad because you won't get to your place on time and that messes up your plans.
           It is better if that truck broke down where there was a spot to get off the highway, like a ramp, and a police officer down the road from you so you didn't have to wait for a person and be later to the place you were going. Depending on how bad the break down was, you could have had a crash on down the highway. It just goes to show that God does know what he is doing. We just have to put our trust on Him and then see the blessings He gave us. "Focus more on the blessings that day, then the problems." This lesson could be taught anywhere in our lives. God could teach you through the changing of jobs like He has me or even through the littler things in life. 

           I just used this example because it is one that has happened recently and I like the picture it draws with that lesson. It actually goes down a path (road) but then has a side path where you can pause and spend time with God to figure out what is next and maybe why He let the things happen to you. God does things for a reason. I know for my life every job that I have gotten lead me to the spot I am in now and it is a wonderful spot. It is hard because the pay is different but it is a start in where I really have always wanted to be, a teacher in the public schools. It has got my mind back on track in the strangest but good ways. 

             The example or really situation that happened to my friend is also a story of God looking out for us like He always is. Sometimes we just need that proof because as humans we are so stubborn. I know I am a lot. In the end of that situation, God made everything happen so they could get the truck fixed and back on the path to their goal, which was just another part of making my friend's dream bigger and better. Plus when they got to the house they were staying at for a couple of nights, it was an AMAZING house that they were upgraded too. It wasn't the first house they were rented but a better one for the same cost. 

            We can never guess what God has in store for us at end of each problem. We just have to trust Him and say, "That God does things for a reason" and trust Him with that in mind. I'll be honest on here. I have said that a lot about this friend and his ministry but then again I only see my friend growing closer to Him and that is better in the long run. That is what I really want for my friend if I really dig down deep inside of myself. I want what is best for him. God is doing His Thing for a Reason and I'll just have to wait it out. It will happen if He is willing for it to happen and if not, there is a better reason out there, that I just haven't found yet.