This last Wednesday, the 23rd, I got to sit down and have coffee with a pastor of a Lutheran church here in Bend. Although knowing him for many years, I didn’t know what to expect from out conversation. Thank God, we got into the muck pretty quick. We talked about: abortion, homosexuality and grace, the Church’s political involvement, and church movements.
With all the interesting topics we hit, there was one in his personal life that really struck me hard… His wife left him. He said he never saw it coming and after 30+ years of marriage and children, it was hard.
With all the interesting topics we hit, there was one in his personal life that really struck me hard… His wife left him. He said he never saw it coming and after 30+ years of marriage and children, it was hard.
I noted to him it a sign of character to see a man suffer like that and not blame God. His response is what connected with me…
“Why would I blame God? God didn’t make my wife leave… I have to rely on God.”
It’s a simple truth of Christianity but honestly, people don’t practice it that often in times as hard as that. To see how a man relies on God and seeks comfort in his friends in such a difficult time is amazing to me and a true inspiration in my own personal walk…
Will we stick with God and give him our load of doubt, frustrations, and anger? Will we seek the face of our creator when life throws us a stick in our spokes? When we are broken, will we rely on God to put us back together?
Will we stick with God and give him our load of doubt, frustrations, and anger? Will we seek the face of our creator when life throws us a stick in our spokes? When we are broken, will we rely on God to put us back together?
-lance
(realm leader)
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