so many hard things

There are so many hard things going on in the world around me right now. My family has struggles, people at work are having hard times, my friends are suffering.  Husbands leaving, jobs lost, people dying, it's just so overwhelming sometimes.

I think about my life and how blessed I am to be where I am and to have gone through some of the things I have. I don't know why God allows suffering. Some times I think I can figure out a reason, and other times I just have to go to sleep at night believing that the Lord is bigger and wiser than I, and I know that all things work out for the good of his Glory, and that is the only thing that ultimately matters in this life. 

"Why do I feel discouraged, why do the shadows come? 

Why does my heart feel lonely, and long for heaven and home?

When Jesus is my portion, a constant friend is He

His Eye is on the Sparrow, and I know he watches me

I sing because I'm happy

I sing because I'm free

His eye is on the Sparrow

And I know he watches me."

-His Eye is on the Sparrow

I don't know how God will work all of these troubles out. Quite frankly, sometimes it seems impossible. But I know he will, and I know his path is so much more beautiful and wonderful than mine. 

*Cat*