| Murphy's Law: Everything that can happen ... already has! © Betty Sue Eaton |
Just when you are sitting on easy street and your life is going along in a very
satisfactory way, Murphy's Law smacks you upside the head and sends you spinning.
Think you have your life planned down to the last letter, that you're set from now to
retirement, that you are in total control of your future? Wrong! When terrible things
occur and take you by surprise, make you upset, turn your world upside down, you will
know that you are not in control of anything. Murphy seems to be.
Losing a loved one by whatever means is the most crushing of losses anyone can
suffer. When a child acts out against social norms and disappoints us, we feel we are
failures as parents. When friends turn their backs on us, we are devastated at their lack
of loyalty. When what we trust as a stable employment suddenly and abruptly ends, we
are shaken to the core.
All these things are part of our life's plan. But not OF our plan. Only God knows our life's
plan, and He did from the moment of our conception. We cannot fathom one iota of His
goal for us. In His eyes, we are perfect; and even though we "act out" throughout our
entire lives, He still sees us as His perfect children. He does not cause any hurt in our
lives, but since He gave us a free will to choose our path, we often put ourselves
directly in the path of hurts, then bemoan the fact that they happened.
Learning to cope with hurt and sadness sometimes takes a lifetime. Each time I have
been hit by sadness, disappointment, loss, I have thought, "Please Lord, I don't want to
go to that school again. What is it You want me to learn that I haven't yet?" But in each
case, He did give me courage to face the trial and survive it. When my son, Richard,
and his son, Barrett, died one year apart, I cried out to God, to my family, to my friends
for help to get through the double heartbreak. I even told my brother that I couldn't make
it this time. He told me to be strong as I had when my youngest child, Paula, was taken
from me in a pedestrian accident many years before.
I must be a slow learner because God allows me to be subjected to continual
heartbreaks and through each one, I have said, "Lord, I know that this is part of my life's
plan set by You, and I know I have fallen short of total compliance with Your will. You
will have to get me through this one, because I simply do not have the strength to do it
alone." And each time, He does.
I fully understand that my children and grandchildren are His gifts to me to have until His
plan is fulfilled for each of us. He owes us no explanation. And for our peace of mind,
He offers us comfort in His arms and salvation from all hurts, disappointments, shock
and trials through Jesus Christ that we will ultimately be in Heaven with Him where there
is no more hurt, no more disappointments, no tragedies, no Murphy's Law; only His.
satisfactory way, Murphy's Law smacks you upside the head and sends you spinning.
Think you have your life planned down to the last letter, that you're set from now to
retirement, that you are in total control of your future? Wrong! When terrible things
occur and take you by surprise, make you upset, turn your world upside down, you will
know that you are not in control of anything. Murphy seems to be.
Losing a loved one by whatever means is the most crushing of losses anyone can
suffer. When a child acts out against social norms and disappoints us, we feel we are
failures as parents. When friends turn their backs on us, we are devastated at their lack
of loyalty. When what we trust as a stable employment suddenly and abruptly ends, we
are shaken to the core.
All these things are part of our life's plan. But not OF our plan. Only God knows our life's
plan, and He did from the moment of our conception. We cannot fathom one iota of His
goal for us. In His eyes, we are perfect; and even though we "act out" throughout our
entire lives, He still sees us as His perfect children. He does not cause any hurt in our
lives, but since He gave us a free will to choose our path, we often put ourselves
directly in the path of hurts, then bemoan the fact that they happened.
Learning to cope with hurt and sadness sometimes takes a lifetime. Each time I have
been hit by sadness, disappointment, loss, I have thought, "Please Lord, I don't want to
go to that school again. What is it You want me to learn that I haven't yet?" But in each
case, He did give me courage to face the trial and survive it. When my son, Richard,
and his son, Barrett, died one year apart, I cried out to God, to my family, to my friends
for help to get through the double heartbreak. I even told my brother that I couldn't make
it this time. He told me to be strong as I had when my youngest child, Paula, was taken
from me in a pedestrian accident many years before.
I must be a slow learner because God allows me to be subjected to continual
heartbreaks and through each one, I have said, "Lord, I know that this is part of my life's
plan set by You, and I know I have fallen short of total compliance with Your will. You
will have to get me through this one, because I simply do not have the strength to do it
alone." And each time, He does.
I fully understand that my children and grandchildren are His gifts to me to have until His
plan is fulfilled for each of us. He owes us no explanation. And for our peace of mind,
He offers us comfort in His arms and salvation from all hurts, disappointments, shock
and trials through Jesus Christ that we will ultimately be in Heaven with Him where there
is no more hurt, no more disappointments, no tragedies, no Murphy's Law; only His.
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