The Story Behind “Why God”

“God actually taught me something through my 3-year-old little boy, who’s in the “why, Daddy?” stage. He asks me all these questions about anything and everything and he doesn’t always get my answers, but what he does get is that he can sit in his daddy’s lap and ask me anything and I want every single question and I’ll love him no matter what. I believe that asking “why, God?” doesn’t make us a bad Christian. Maybe, it just makes us a kid who needs their Dad, and that’s ok. So I pray this song gives you permission to feel that; to bring those questions that you’ve been scared to ask to the God who’s not scared of anything.”
~Austin French

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The Healing God Promises

Have you had something hard happen to you recently? Have you lost a loved one, lost a job, got hurt or sick or left? Did you get mad at God and decide not to talk to Him anymore? It  might surprise you to know that He’d rather you talk to Him, even if you’re mad. He can take it. He knows how hard life is for us, how much it hurts- and the beautiful thing is He cares so much. Let these Scriptures comfort and strengthen you in whatever you’re walking through.

“Sing for joy, O heavens! Rejoice, O earth! Burst into song, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on them in their suffering.”

Isaiah 49.13 NLT

“The Lord is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him. For he knows how weak we are; he remembers we are only dust.”

Psalms 103.13-14 NLT

“This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.”

Hebrews 4.15-16 NLT

Maybe the healing God promises us comes from spending time with Him and learning who He is, instead of from getting all the answers we think we need. Two common themes running through the Bible are humility and trust. Can you see how both are necessary when we’re going through something hard or have had something painful happen to us? We have to get to a place of humility- of letting go of the need to control our own lives. If we can remember that God sees the whole picture, knows what’s best for us, and loves us enough to continue making us into the people we’re meant to be, we can trust Him through everything that happens in our lives. Like a child in the lap of a good father, the BEST Father, we can rest knowing that He’s got us and He won’t ever let us go. 

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