Many times I only recognize God’s help when circumstances change quickly. I call it an answer when ……what I begged God to change ……finally changes.
But sometimes God answers …in a deeper way.
Some answers…… do not remove the struggle…. they keep me from collapsing inside it. Even as I face difficulty, He gives me strength I did not have yesterday.
That does not make the pain small. The agony in Gethsemane was real. Jesus remained in deep distress. …..Strength is not the same thing as ease. ……But God is present in the suffering, …..not absent from it.
I have been praying for God to remove Kylie’s cancer….. God is already answering by holding me up within it. …. This is not silence because the answer did not come as I wanted.
Sustained grace is not silence…., and daily strength is not neglect. …….Help …does not always look like ….escape first.
Sometimes God’s answer is, “I am not taking this away right now. …..But I will give you what you need to walk through it with Me.” ……..Jesus experienced that first-hand. …. God has not forgotten us….just because the cancer remains……. It does not mean heaven is ignoring us.
God is not “silent” just because the answer did not come the way I expected!
I can’t ignore the “smaller victories “ just because the one I see as “MAJOR “ is still ongoing!!
Kylie 