Sometime's Life Hard... something I wrote in 2010

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Sometime's Life is Hard


I have been through many trials over the years. Time and space prevents me from going into detail of all the many events that have caused me a great deal of pain over the years.



So instead of going into each and every event that has caused heart ache for me I will instead give reference to three verses from the Bible that have helped me when dealing with great heartache.



The following verses were of extreme comfort to me when my son was found dead. He was found dead beside the road in a deep ditch he'd been dead for several hours by the time he was found.



That is an experience I would never have chosen to go through ever. It is and was just horrible.



I had to trust God about this horrible situation. As there is nothing I can think of that is good about it. I also had to trust God to help me to not lose my mind. It would have been easy for me to have lost my mind, considering, I was just recovering from pneumonia, and had only a few months prior lost a baby.



This is the verse that helps me to remember that God is able to give us peace even when things are not peaceful, and things are really bad.



Philippians 4:7
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.



Another verse that helped me during this time was this one...



Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.



This verse was helpful to me because it says (All Things) "work together for good". Even the horrible things like sudden death.



When my son died, the gospel was clearly presented at least four times, so anyone who was there unsaved did have opportunity to hear the gospel. So through his death, some who may never of heard a clear presentation of the gospel did.



Another verse that was very encouraging to me when my son died is Romans 8:18.
The reason it was is because it reminds me that the sufferings we have today are only temporary one day all these hard trials will end.



Romans 8:18
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.



These three verses from scripture have been of great help to me especially since my son's sudden death. These have also helped me though other trials since.



It is because of the first verse here that I did not rely on medication to calm my nerves when my son was found dead.


And I did have access to medication at that time, but instead of using it, I ended up throwing it away. Because taking medication would not change the facts, and I had to deal with the fact my oldest son was never coming back.


 If I would have taken a medication it would of only in my opinion delayed my having dealing with the very real fact my son was gone from this world. No amount of denial will ever change the fact he is gone.



And I did want to deny it, I did not want to believe it, I wanted to believe it was all just a horrible lie but it wasn't.


Perhaps these verses's I listed above will be of help to you if you are facing circumstances beyond your control.


Scripture References taken from the King James Reference.


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