A long time ago there was a famous bottenist. He was visiting Scotland at the time. One day on a walk he noticed some rare flowers growing in the cleft of a rock. They were several hundred feet up. He wanted to get a sample so he could study them. Alas they were so far up he couldn't reach them from the ground. He couldn't reach them by leaning over the edge. There was a family who lived close by who had small twin daughters. He asked them if one of them would be willing to do him a favior. He told them he would tie a rope tightly around the waist of one of them and lower them down to get a sample he could study. One of the twins told them she would do it on one condition, that her daddy hold the rope. Are you letting your heavenly daddy hold the rope today? We cant hold it on our own as much as we try sometimes. The best thing we can do is let go of our right to ourselves and let our hevenly father hold the rope.
Dont misinterpret suffering or present hardships for a lack of his presence. He said he would never leave us or forsake us. Look at present suffering as refinment for a greater day ahead. There is a story in a book by nik ripken of a man named dmitri. He (dmitri) fell in love with jesus during the communitst reign in russia.
The following youtube link explains it better than i can. I pray it moves you as it moved me.
The Insanity of God - Dmitri's Unbelievable Story: http://youtu.be/4XCN__jBi2s
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