Does God Care?

IN between sobs and tears sometimes we fight the confrontation of our mind hollering out back at us:  Is God really out there somewhere? If He is, then is He aware of what’s happening down here? If He’s aware, does He care?
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Let’s face it.  Stuff happens.  I mean not just in your life.  Duh!  Call it coincidence, call it life.  However you term it, it’s a cycle.  And as long as you’re clinging on to life on earth, you’re not exempted.  A scan through newspaper headlines proves it, and I mean its daily, hunny.

“Kids were sexually abused…..”

“A wife and her three teenage daughters drowned….”

“Drive by shooting, casualties found….”

We read those headlines and feel a stab of pain for those involved. But most times, we are too busy juggling with our own pain to linger on negative news stories. We’re trying to figure out how to support our families financially when things around look so bleak.  Some of us are grieving the loss of a loved one and at the same time trying to comfort a friend who is battling with cancer.  We exert our human capability to learn how to love a rebellious child and still struggle to hold a fractured marriage together.

In between sobs and tears sometimes we fight the confrontation of our mind hollering out back at us:  Is God really out there somewhere? If He is, then is He aware of what’s happening down here? If He’s aware, does He care?

 Well sure God is in control over the big things that concerns the nations of the world but honestly somewhere at the back of this super faith giant upfront, there are issues in me that I sometimes can’t help but wish that it would just be resolved so that I could get on with my commission of ‘saving the world through Christ’.

It may sound totally flat but the truth is, God cares.  I came across this verse that really speaks volume to the situation that I’m going through now.  ^{Psalm 116:2 (NLT) “}Because the Lord bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath”  That’s right.  Read it again and let it sink into you. Take a few moments and allow your imagination to ascend into the reality of that. Picture the God of heaven stooping down to listen to your cries for help. Imagine Him saying “Shush” to all the noise and clamour demanding His attention from every corner of the globe as He leans down, fully intent on hearing your words. Imagine Him focusing solely on you and taking concern on the cares that weigh you down today. The Lord of heaven and earth bends down to listen to your prayers and mine.  What an amazing thought. 

And with that, come what may.  Mountains and tsunamis on path, serpents and scorpions on track, with the confidence that He cares enough to listen, I know my tomorrow will come through like the shinning sun.  And while I’m on it, I can be reassured, again that ^Mark9:23 all things are possible for me, because I believe.  Watch out world, child of God coming through! 

Be encouraged, my friend.