“What kind of God would do this?” – A God that loves you.

One of the most common phrases that people say when things get tough is, “God doesn’t give you anything that you can’t handle”.

I was a common user of this saying for years before I came to fully understand God’s purpose in my life. While this phrase may be comforting; actually, God does intentionally give you things that you can’t handle. Most of you are thinking, “What? No he doesn’t! He loves us!”. Well, that’s just it. God loves us so deeply and he wants us to come to him for help in times of need. He gives us trials in our lives to make us grow in our need for him and his mercy. There is no way that we can make it through life all on our own, we need God! And he wants us to need him! So sometimes when God sees us falling away from him, he gives us that little “nudge” to make us come back to him. My most recent "nudge" was when my brother was in an almost fatal biking accident. My faith grew more in that week then it had in an entire year. In that time of difficulty and pain, I called out to God to help me and to save my brother. Now, instead of being angry at God for putting my brother in harm’s way, I thank him for reminding me of how much we need him in our lives and for bringing me and my entire family closer to him and each other through that experience.

So whether it be a difficult test, a family illness, a personal struggle, you name it. He put that situation in your life for a reason, go to him. Ask him for help. Ask him for guidance. God is calling out to you saying, “Come back to me!”. God created you as his own son or daughter, and he wants you to need him just as much as you need your parents on earth. So the next time that you are struggling, don’t try to conquer it on your own, go to God.