Father knows best

I have realized throughout life that everything happens for a reason. This has been the topic of intense debate between one of my best friends and I - and it always ends in agreeing to disagree. But I believe that God has put the people who are in my life there for a reason, given me the life I have for a reason, and given me the skill set and personality I have for a reason. After hearing this, my next question for myself would be what is this reason? I have a simple but very complex answer to this question: God. He is the reason for everything. The issues I have had in my life I now look at as a way to connect with people on a personal level to share God with them. It is all meant to glorify Him. Those in my life who do not have God or I feel they don't know Him very well, I try to tell them. I must admit to you that so far I have horribly failed at this - but as the title says: Father knows best. And he does. God realizes that with some people I will only be able to plant a seed that I pray will grow with time. However, I pray that one day I will really be able to touch someone. And with each time I talk to someone, I learn more and more about how to approach people and how to direct the conversation to the Big Man upstairs and to use their own trials to show them God. I feel as though God directs us in life, and as long as wherever we are directed we glorify Him with what He has given us, the possibilities are endless! Even if He blesses us with what humans describe as nothing, as long as we have God, we have everything. And if we are blessed with no humanly good things, we can still use our lives to glorify Him. I have also found that those who seem to have nothing but are still happy with what they have can touch people so deep. My greatest example of this is a man I never met, but he is the kind of person I wish I could become at least half as good a person as him in life. His faith life was incredible. Even though he had a painful terminal cancer at a young age, knowing he was going to leave behind a wonderful wife and three great kids at a fairly young age, he still thanked God for everything he had. Most people would have their faith severely shaken with this kind of trial to dread, but this man still knelt by his bed every night no matter how sick he was and thanked his heavenly Father for everything he had and was leaving behind. That sure touchs and inspires me! I know the more I hear about him, the more I can't wait.  And I strive to have that kind of faith attitude every day of my life. I pray you will try, too.
God Bless!
ChristianKid