When Trouble Comes

God, listen! Listen to my prayer, listen to the pain in my cries. Don't turn your back on me just when I need you so desperately. Pay attention! This is a cry for help! And hurry—this can't wait! (Psalm 102:1 The Message)
Sometimes pain comes. Sometimes trouble comes out of the blue, in an instant, and all without warning. We are stunned, we are overwhelmed, we are shocked and our hearts cry out to God.

Life is not easy nor are the sudden twists and turns it takes us but God is there. God is there for you when you cry out, when you call on his name, when tears are present. But we must cry out, we must call him, we must open our hearts and trust in Him.

Is God real, we might ask? I would counter, has not God proven himself faithful to you? In a time of trouble the balances are set to prove if we believe in God or not. Within us is such a struggle, a struggle of belief, a struggle between doubt and faith, all in times of trouble.

God loves us enough to allow trouble to come. We must grow, we must change and both come during struggle. Trouble is a means to capture our attention and refocus our lives not around the fleeting but to the reality of God.

God loves you and He’s for you. He’s your Heavenly Father and he cares for you deeply, when trouble comes.