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"Why Me Lord ?"

"WHY ME?" is a question that each of us may ask in the midst of an especially trying time in our lives. We may NEVER know the answer to THAT question... here on Earth. But during one of MY "WHY ME?" sessions, I searched the "Handbook For Life" and found these answers. I hope that these Words will be of comfort to you.

One of my favorite scripture passages is found in 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, when Paul says, ~ "To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me, "MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU, FOR MY POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS". Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's Power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties- FOR WHEN I AM WEAK, THEN AM I STRONG. (NIV)

Perhaps if it were not for my "thorn in the flesh" I would not depend on the Lord daily for my every step. Perhaps I would take a "pain free" life for granted, the way that others do. ~ Peter 2:19 says, "For it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God". ~

I also find solace in Phillipians 2:8:

"And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death- even death on a cross".

Jesus became a man and He experienced some of what we experience. And he suffered tremendous pain ! Death on a cross was NOT a piece of cake ! The Lord KNOWS pain. So when we go to Him each day in prayer, we can be assured that he understands. And he loves us SO much….. ~

"In Your Unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In YOUR strength you will guide them to your Holy Dwelling" ~

Exodus 15:13

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