There’s a story in the book of Luke I grew up hearing and for some reason it always confused me. In the story Jesus and his disciples climbed into a boat and began to sail across a lake. As they sailed Jesus fell asleep and as he slept a huge storm fell over the lake that threatened the lives of everyone in the boat. The disciples realizing that they could not handle the situation on their own, woke Jesus up, and using just his words, he silenced the storm. This was the part that always confused me. I never understood how a God who had the power to quiet storms, and raise people from the dead allowed bad things to happen to his children. I never understood why he could let the “storm” go on in our lives, while he would silence the “storms” in the lives of other people. I became frustrated, because I knew that he could, he was just saying “no” anytime I asked.Then one day I realized something: I am not the CEO. As a child of God I dont have the right to demand to see his plans or demand for him to change them. For all the days that I feel alone, and abandoned I have to remember that I am not in control, and that it’s not about me. The God that we as Christians serve is all knowing, and he has a plan for our lives. Always. Romans 19:7 says "I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth." We may not know why we are struggling, but our God knows what He is doing. He won’t give us anything we can’t handle and wouldn’t let us struggle for no reason. When God puts us through something it isn’t for no reason. It is because it is to bring us, and others closer to Him.