When Your Problems Seem too Big.

Sometimes we are not made to solve all our problems. Life can seem too big at times, and we need the help of others. When I was 25 I was faced with a crisis that was too big for me. What helped me get through it was my faith. I entered health uncertainty for the first time, and I had to learn from the new normal that I was going through. I believe there is always a greater plan at work in the world, and this is the source of my faith.

We can face life’s trials when we learn to look outside of ourselves and look to a bigger plan that is active in this world. We only have one life to get this, and yes it takes faith to believe in God. Some people want proof of the existence of a higher plan, but then we wouldn’t need faith. Faith gives me something to hope for, and as I am learning it is hard to hope during difficulties. However this becomes the test for our faith.

Sometimes we like to hide from God, we feel if we brought our sins to Him, He wouldn’t hear us or understand! God is compassionate and loving and when we come to the Lord sincerely, He welcomes us openly. To feel sad is a natural emotion, to be depressed can be natural too, but we can bring that too to the Lord. What depression does is make us feel like we can’t see the whole truth, and this can be frustrating because not knowing something can mean I am in the dark. Our faith gets tested, and we have to learn to live with the light we already have. God never leaves us, until we get this settled we need to learn new ways to cope.

Doing things out of your comfort zone really helps us sometimes, and can even bring us out from sadness sometimes! It’s because we are learning how to grow, and we learn new skills, which help rebuild our confidence during times of trial. We might need to learn how to trust ourselves again, and maybe other people too. Whatever the reason, we might need to learn how to stretch ourselves, sometimes with less things. God knows the why and what, we just need to exercise our faith, and when we do that our hope returns. This is Mike.

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