Writing

Well, this all might be random or just one huge thought. I am not sure. All I know is that I am sitting down to write for a few minutes....we'll see where it goes. My heart is hurting. That is as simple as I can state it. I am confused and in wonder of why things happen at the times they do. I am reminded however of the verses from the last post that have been used in my life in such a timely way over the past several weeks. Knowing there is a season for all things and that the Lord controls that allows me to exhale. When I hear news that breaks my heart it seems hard for me to exhale when I am trusting in myself but God didn't create us to just take things in He allows us to breathe...He allows us to exhale. I am grateful for that this day. I am grateful that we have a Father that wants us to just crawl up in His lap and sit with Him....to be still....to just be comforted. Right now I proclaim the God I know faithful, true, just, and righteous. I know that He has so many names more than my questions and my hurt. He understands hurt and confusion and in the mist of that desires to deliver comfort and peace. I embrace those offerings this day. I know He is who He says He is and does what He says He can do. I believe not only in God but I believe God.
I leave with these verses today in hopes that the Lord will speak unbelievable truth through it. His word is priceless.
Ecclesiastes 7:2-6

Wisdom

2 It is better to go to a house of mourning
than to go to a house of feasting,
for death is the destiny of every man;
the living should take this to heart.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter,
because a sad face is good for the heart.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
5 It is better to heed a wise man's rebuke
than to listen to the song of fools.
6 Like the crackling of thorns under the pot,
so is the laughter of fools.
This too is meaningless.

The commentary of my Bible explains that more is leaned from adversity than from pleasure. True wisdom is developed when life is the hardest, not when things seem good, even though he wishes this wasn't the case.