JEREMIAH 29:11
One day changed my entire life. It was the day my mom passed away. She was thirty-six years old and had cancer. It hurt to watch her suffer for all those years, and it still hurts today. My mom and I were best friends. When she took that final breath, I knew it was her time to go. But after she died, I was mad at the world because I didn’t know WHY God had done this. I still don’t really understand it all, but I now believe that God needed her in heaven. He is taking care of her, and she doesn’t have to suffer any more. More than anything, this experience has made me realize that God IS in control and that with Him, I really can get through anything. Those are not just cliché words to me anymore. I believe them because I have lived them.
Erika Blackmon, 16, Nebraska Christian High School, Central City, NE
God, help me to accept the things
I can’t understand and to trust that You
know what You’re doing.