Free-will means life has choices. Choices mean consequences. And consequences are hard to watch. Especially when those consequences hurt someone you love . “Some folks just seem to do things the hard way,” my mom used to say. The whole process makes me hate free-will.
It’s easier from the outside to see how things could’ve gone differently. Wiser decisions made, a better option. I get so frustrated, grieved, distressed. Yet, when I act foolishly and get hurt or hurt someone else… the lesson is remembered a lot longer!
As I watch… and wait for the foolishness to end… God watches with me. He has the Sovereign position of knowing exactly what needs to be done. Where to push. How to prod. Who to send. Offering perfect help at the perfect time. His everlasting Arms are always waiting… even while moving on their behalf.
And He lets me participate too. I can pray. God allows my prayers to intervene. I’ve seen it happen! They can open a mind to forgiveness. They can cover in protection. Prayer can bring supernatural guidance. Even soften a hard and cold heart. Prayer changes things.
The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. James 5:16 NLT
God stays Ruler through it all. Good and bad decisions. He allows free-will, but He also allows – even asks me to take part with Him through prayer. Never without tools, God’s given me compassion and knees and a voice and tears, that through His Spirit I will call out for help for my loved-one’s life.
“GOD proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks. It’s a good thing to quietly hope, quietly hope for help from GOD. It’s a good thing when you’re young to stick it out through the hard times. When life is heavy and hard to take – go off by yourself. Enter the silence. Bow in prayer. Don’t ask questions: Wait for hope to appear. Don’t run from trouble. Take it full-face. The ‘worst’ is never the worst.” Lamentations 3:25-30 MSG
Wise words. It’s not over until He says so!
ForGlorySake! –Anna
