No Excuses Rise Above
Things
happen in life that do not make sense, things that are out of our own control. But
when adversity strikes what do you do? Do you run away from it? Turn to someone
for help? Or look at it square in the face and say “bring it?!!” Most people
will be too timid to look adversity in the eyes. But if our God is for us who
can be against us? There is no reason to worry about the storm you are in
because God is a God who loves, who is in control and who will not turn away from you. Everybody is
familiar with the saying “everything happens for a reason” but what is that reason? I know that I would love to
know why God allows tragedies to happen. Why did He allow me to lose my hand? Why
did God take a loving father at only 40 years old? Why is such a fantastic
young man sitting in a hospital bed paralyzed? I could go on and on with
hundreds of “why” questions for God but that will not do me any good. Instead of making excuses for what has
happened I chose to RISE ABOVE.
Today marks
one month since 17 year old Chandler McBride’s diving accident that forever
changed his life. It just really makes me think about how precious life and
good health is because it can be taken away in the blink of an eye. While lying
in the hospital bed sapped of energy instead of making excuses Chandler is
determined to rise above this tragedy in order to walk again. In order to overcome any
obstacle life throws in your way with whether it be walking again, learning to
deal with loss or just something as simple as getting through a bad day, remember that you are loved and cared for by the Creator of the universe. Chandler is not
going to be able to walk again if he doesn’t want to put in the time, hard work and effort into
reaching that goal. Yes it is going to be hard; yes he will have bad days. But
if he trusts that the Lord is on his side and will be there for him, I believe
that he will walk again one day.
When tragedies
happen you can dwell on the negatives or do a complete 180. You can either feel
sorry for yourself or you can step up and rise above what has happened. I get
the question all the time “Why don’t you ever cry over the loss of your hand?” “How
come you are never sad?” To be
completely honest I do not see the need to be sad, depressed or cry about it.
Crying is not going to get my hand back it is only going to make things worse.
The more I think about having one hand the sadder I become. Instead I sit
back and look at what I have rather than focusing on what I lost. When
it comes down to it what I lost is far less than what I have. I may have lost my hand but I still have my
life, my health, my family, my friends and most importantly my God. I trust and
believe that He is in control of every square inch of my life. I hope that you
trust your life with Him too. He is an amazing God who can do incredible
things.
No Excuses Rise Above!
“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Matthew 19:26
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