This morning I received a call at work from my wife letting me know my oldest child is already pushing her to the limit. Here we go again! Why? What’s going on here God? This is where I always go as I try to process our situation. The question I’m asking is not concerned with the “why” of my daughter’s specific actions but rather with the “why” of God’s specific purpose. I believe that God is purposeful and acts according to his sovereign will. I take comfort in knowing he is with us during this time. Psalm 107 is helpful to me for trying for understanding the “why” of his actions.
Psalm 107 is a bible passage about various situations where the people cried to the Lord in response to their distress (vv 6, 13, 19, 28). The chapter refers to this as Gods steadfast love that endures forever. How often have we cried to the Lord for help as we come face to face with the erratic behavior that is so common among children of FASD. At these times of “distress”, passages like this one remind me that he is not absent from my life. When we cry to the Lord we glorify him as we go to him with our needs and concerns. We actually acknowledge him as God and ourselves as dependent on him. I think this is a good thing.
Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord. Ps 107:43
Psalm 107 is a bible passage about various situations where the people cried to the Lord in response to their distress (vv 6, 13, 19, 28). The chapter refers to this as Gods steadfast love that endures forever. How often have we cried to the Lord for help as we come face to face with the erratic behavior that is so common among children of FASD. At these times of “distress”, passages like this one remind me that he is not absent from my life. When we cry to the Lord we glorify him as we go to him with our needs and concerns. We actually acknowledge him as God and ourselves as dependent on him. I think this is a good thing.
Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord. Ps 107:43