Last post we talked about how God brings us through the fog but now I want to talk about why we have fog in our lives. I don't want to sound insensitive in what I'm about to say but I do want to share the thoughts on my heart so please bear with me.
This last weekend I heard someone say that we don't have joy unless we go through pain, in other words we don't understand what we have or we don't appreciate it as much if we've never had anything else. (Just for the record I don't think this applies to heaven, the Bible talks about no more tears of sadness and so I think there we'll experience all sorts of joy without having to go through the bad stuff first.) For example, if you had been born blind you wouldn't be able to really understand color but now imagine that you were miraculously healed, think how fascinated you would be by those colors that other people take for granted all the time. Does that make sense?
Well I think the fog in our lives cane be the same way. Sometimes God allows us to go through things to teach us, to help us grow, to encourage us, or to encourage others. One of my favorite sayings is "beauty from the ashes". God does that all the time. He takes the ashes of our lives, our dreams, our hopes, and he restores them, restores us and makes something more beautiful then we could imagine out of our pain.
Why do we go through fog? I don't know. But God does and He has a plan for us and that fog is all part of it. He has not abandoned you, He's still with you and He still loves you. He's still listening, He still sees you, He's still the One who called you and He is the One who redeems you and He will bring you through the fog.
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