“Sometimes I don’t understand why things happen the way they do. But I know, in the end, that God has a plan.”
God, sometimes I just don’t understand what You’re doing! Whatever our plans may be, the plan of the Lord is what will triumph in the end. God’s plan is greater than ours, and it will determine the course that our lives will take.
When we experience extreme suffering or pain, sometimes well-meaning people want to hurl platitudes or try to seem as though they know why it’s happening—perhaps God has planned this or something else. Even worse, they might lay the responsibility on us and advise us on what we ought to have done to avoid ending ourselves in this situation in the first place.
I now realize that even at the moments when I don’t understand why something needs to happen, I must always remind myself that God is God and that I am not. I can’t let my limited view of the world prevent me from making judgments about whether or not something is true. I have to give up all control over my will to His, permanently. I can beg Him to show the benefit He brought about from it; yet, He makes no such promise to me; rather, it is a pure act of grace.
And when God does reveal to me the good that came from it, I must not take it as an excuse for Him allowing what He did to happen, but rather as an opportunity to glorify my God for His grace, which is completely undeserved.
I really think that everything happens for a purpose and that everything you go through is part of God’s plan for your life. I know it can be nerve-racking not knowing why things are happening to you, where you’re going, or what the future contains, but my best piece of advice is to fully trust that God will lead and guard you.