COPYING WITH TRAGEDY..... 1 Be thankful;Unimaginable hardship tragedy remindes us to be thankful each day for every blessing we have been given—Jesus, life, family, friends, health, peace, freedom, church, opportunities and the list goes on. Oftentimes the business of our life gets in the way of appreciating life itself.” 2. Be Intentional. I believed God wanted us to be more deliberate and intentional about everything we doi—not just ‘try to get by’ or complete things whenever we wanted to. I felt He was instructing us to have a specific meaning and purpose behind (almost) everything we did or what we wanted to accomplish, or else not do it. 3. Remember Who is in Control. The day after 9/11, Evangelist Luis Palau shared this about living in the midst of terrible tragedy. “Events never spiral out of God’s control, as if He somehow lacks the power or insight to direct the affairs of our little planet…Even when tragedies occur and innocent life is taken or maimed, God remains in ultimate control. Nothing happens that does not first pass through his loving hands.” 4. Turn toward Home. Perhaps the most comforting thing our minds can settle on right now is that this world, and all the chaos and evil in it, is temporary. Palau writes, “When loved ones die in tragic accidents or at the hands of wicked men, it is good to remember that this world is not our final home. We were created for eternity, and tragedy can never change that. This is only a transition period, a prelude, to what God really has in mind for us. But because we usually look only at the present, we often consider someone’s death premature or untimely. Our perspective is enormously limited. We tend to look only at what could have been (and in our minds, should have been) down here on earth. But God looks at all of eternity. If we are to cope with tragedy, we must learn to look at it through eternity’s lens.”
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 08:13:58 +0000
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