Have you ever said those words, “Why God is this happening to me?”

I have.

At those moments I must be feeling much like the people to whom Isaiah was talking. They felt that God was ignoring the predicament they were in. Or maybe that God didn’t care or that God had grown tired of trying to fix the messes that they had gotten themselves into. You know the list when we are playing the blame game and wanting to lay all that is happening at God’s feet and proclaim that if God cared then none of this would have happened.

Isaiah’s response was to remind them, and us, that God is the creator. If God created all the world then God would never grow tired or weary. God’s power and understanding is limitless. And God is willing to share that hope and strength with us. But we have a part to play. We must believe it. We must put our faith and hope in God. When we do we will gain strength. We still have to deal with the situation that we are in. But we know again we are not alone, God is aware of what we are going through. Our misery is not hidden from God. And in good time, with God’s love, this powerful creative God will help us to soar again with the eagles.

I recall a woman I got to know when I was a teenager. Blanch lost her eyesight when she was about 75. For the longest time she was in a great big pity party, to use her words. She kept asking God, “Why Me?” Finally she started to ask God a different question. “How can you use me?” She became a prayer warrior. Her daughter would keep a list of all the people who asked her to pray for them. She would read Blanch a few every so often and then Blanch would pray for them. She spent hours a day in prayer. It lifted her spirits and moved her back into the world. She had been staying home afraid and embittered. Now she was back to church and her women’s group and full of life. She had begun to soar. Her blindness was not cured, but her attitude was transformed. She realized this all powerful God loved her and had a use for her. She made a tremendous impact on me as a young man and I am sure she did on others who admired her ability to enjoy life even when it was hard.

Loving God, when we feel like you do not care, remind us that you never grow weary in loving us and caring us. Help us to put our trust in you knowing that we will get through this difficult time, we will gain strength and yes, might even soar again like an eagle. AMEN.

This devotion was written by Bill Green and read by Donn King.

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