Tragedy

Ever experience tragedy before in your life??
God has ways of testing us as christians to how strong we are in him, and he has an overall plan for each of our lives, when they start, what happens in them, and when they will end, and sometimes Gods plans for someone we love or ourselves are not exactly what we wanted or expected and they make us blame him, when alot of times we forget that hes the one that gave us life to begin with.
My youth director Beth spoke Wednesday night on a tragedy that happened in her life, when she was involved in a wreck back in 2005, and the driver of the other car was killed. Although she was not the cause of the wreck or at fault in any way, Beth felt huge loads of regret, and blamed God for a while for what happened, until one day she finally came to the realization that God works in our lives according to HIS plan for us, not ours. It's up to the creator, not the creation, and like I said earlier alot of times us as humans forget that and try to make it all about us when God gave each of us the priviledge of life to begin with.
2 verses she mentioned that really helped her to realize this were Romans 8:28, and Romans 8:18. (I'll let you look those up so you get a reason to get in your bible! :)
So remember next time that you or a friend or close one, experiences tragedy, that even though you may be sad which is the good, and the best, and healthiest thing to do is be sad for that time, that even though your sad remember God had a plan for you, and that person as well before you were even a dream in your parents minds!! (: