The Coronavirus is here but WHERE is God?

     I am not a preacher and I never want to tell people how to feel. I'm just going to share with you what has been keeping me sane during this horrific pandemic. It is my relationship with and belief in God. Don't get me wrong. My relationship with Jesus has not always been great. In fact, at one time in my life I was so angry and bitter towards Him that I nearly destroyed myself.

How often do most of us trust what we don't know?

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  It is only natural to wonder where God is when we are going through the storm and this Coronavirus is a whole lot of storms rolled up into one huge catastrophe. There is no part of life that has gone unaffected. For me, not only is this the time to not lose faith, it is a time to strengthen it.
     You may not want to hear it. You may even think I'm just blowing smoke up your back end. It may be hard to understand and even harder for some to swallow but God IS here even in the midst of the Corona virus. It may seem impossible to believe that God would allow such a thing to devastate our lives. It may seem foolish to believe in a God that allows bad things to happen.
     God didn't promise there would be no bad times. He did promise though, that He would be there with us through them. If you don't know Him, it makes sense that you wouldn't believe this. It makes sense you wouldn't trust Him. How often do most of us trust what we don't know? It wasn't until my years of drug addiction that I got to know Jesus for myself. Until then, I had only been introduced to Him.

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I had no idea of what God was doing for me in the background.

     Once I got to know Jesus for myself, I began to understand the kind of Savior He is. I began to understand that there were times that He was working on my behalf even when I couldn't see the way out of my own storm. Many times, I had no idea of what God was doing for me in the background because I was so focused on and consumed with the awful things in front of me.
     I was furious with Him and did not want to let Him in. I did not want to hear a thing He had to say. As a result, I made plenty of horrible decisions out of anger. He did not absolve me of the consequences of my decisions but He was there with me as I faced them. He continued to love me anyway because His love is unconditional.

God IS still here!

     The same is true during this Coronavirus pandemic. He is going to help me through this and I completely trust Him to do so. I've learned to trust His guidance and make better decisions because of it. I learned for myself that He is still working for me. I learned for myself how much He loves me.
     It took me going through the worst thing in my life for me to understand these things. That is what I want to share with you. I hope you don't become like I was and give up on God because of the agony you may be facing, particularly, the agony wrought by this pandemic.
    God IS still here. The only way to know that though, to be secure in that, is to get to know Him for yourself. If you are a believer, I pray that you will use this time to strengthen your relationship with Him. If you are not, I pray you will open your heart at least a little and let Him in.

Maybe sharing a little of your story will uplift, inspire or empower someone else or if you prefer to just leave a comment, I would love that as well! Thank you!
What situation or time in your life most challenged your faith and how did you eventually pull you through?

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