"And it may be miles and miles, before the journeys clear. There may be rivers, even oceans of tears. And the very hand that shields your eyes from understanding is the hand that will be holding you for miles. And one moment someone might whisper thank you, and just then another heart might cry 'how could you?" When Jesus, who sees us, says 'I'm with you, and I'm near you...' "
-Nichole Nordeman, Miles.


We go through a lot in life. I never know why certain things happen, whether they bring me tears of joy, or tears of sorrow. I love the chorus of this song because it talk about how when we don't understand what is going on at the present, we also don't know how long it might be until we understand why things happen. God know we don't understand and He does have a reason for it. Sometimes he might just be keeping us from understanding in order to open our eyes to something else, get our attention, or to help us learn that we need to have faith in His plan and just have comfort in the fact that he knows EVERYTHING. This all reminds me of a situation at my church where one of our youth leaders who is loved and deeply respected by everyone had stepped up to become youth pastor. It just so happened that when our church voted on it, the vote wasn't in his favor. I really admire and respect to the attitude that he and his wife showed when what they thought was what God wanted for then, didn't happen. I can't even how confusing it might have been. It was so easy to be mad about what happened and be bitter about how the vote turned out. They have been such a blessing to our church and it is really hard to see them leaving. But when i had been praying about the situation, I really starting thinking about how my attitude toward the whole thing is wrong. There might be a church somewhere that needs the service of them much more than our church does. and if I'm going to be a little bitter about what happened...then I'm being bitter toward God. I'm so thankful for the blessing and influence that they have been to us this far. I'm going to do my best to support them in whatever God put in their path. Faith in God is important, and I hope just that will be an encouragement to them. I'm excited to see what God has planned!