God’s Mysteries
A friend and his fiancée recently lost their child due to a medical condition just minutes after she was born prematurely. Having never been close to marriage or awaiting the birth of a child, I cannot imagine how difficult this must have been. Losing a child is the kind of tragic event that can cause a person to question his faith in God, or even the existence of a Supreme Being altogether—it can be difficult to see a purpose in it. Rather than pulling away from God, however, we can interpret these events to know that God is using those experiences to work through us. Years ago, I recall a Christian friend of mine telling me she was able to face every adversity in life because she had complete faith that God would not give her anything she was not strong enough to handle. This provided her with some solace in those desperate times.
There are events that happen to all of us that seem a mystery. They are God’s mysteries and not meant for us to understand. What is important to take away is that even if little Fiona lived for only a few minutes, she lived. Considering the shortness of her life, the impact she had on others was infinitely more than other people who lived for decades. As painful as the experiences can be, we never come away from them the same. As was also mentioned in yesterday’s post, as mortal beings we do not have the capacity to understand all of God’s plan for us, but that does not mean that He is not there with a plan. It is because of God’s love for us that we experiences both the joys and hardships and joys of life, and it should be out of love for Him that we accept the good with the bad and have faith and trust in his wisdom.