Things have been frustrating for a lot of people lately. It seems our prayer list continues to grow. I am noticing less time to actually eat when we pray before lunch. With my dad's cancer, friends going through rough times, waiting on our adoption call, and an IT band flare up putting a wrench in possible marathon plans.
My problems may be small, but they weigh heavily on my mind. While some other people may not understand the emotional roller coaster that is having a running injury when you have a race you are excited about. Most of the time I am at peace with the idea that I may not run this marathon because I don't want to cause a permanent injury. I usually talk myself out of feeling like a total loser for possibly backing out of a race for the first time. But then, there is a bit of pride that has me not sending that email, has me feeling like less of an athlete because I can't cut it in training.
But, in the long run, I have had IT band issues before and new shoes, more foam rolling and time usually heals it.
And we have been on the waiting list a whole month and a half for our adoption agency, so it's not like we have been waiting forever. But there are moments, just quick little ones, when my impatience rears its ugly head.
I am reminded, though, that my inconveniences are much less difficult than those around me. A few friends of mine are going through things I couldn't imagine or don't understand.
So in a small way, I feel like the person visiting a hospital patient, complaining about a hang nail and then telling the person in the bed that "everything will be okay".
But that is exactly what I'm going to do.
Because everything is going to be okay.
Why?
Because the events of this weekend, many years ago.
Because an innocent man who lived a perfect life died in one of the most gruesome ways. To fulfill prophesy. To pay for the sins of many.
And then, after three days, that guy came back to life. And by coming back to life, visiting many and ascending into Heaven He finished the sacrifice that gave us entry into a much better eternity than where we were headed.
So let me say it again-- everything is going to be okay.
I know that when things are awful, when things look like they will never end, it's easy to forget that this life and everything in it is temporary. It doesn't mean we don't try hard, that we don't cry when things are hard or experience pain or try to fix things. It means that at the end of this life, there is relief. That because of what He did, if you've claimed Him as your savior, you get to be in heaven forever.
And on a more temporary level, knowing that He did that for us, wouldn't it also stand to reason that He cares about what happens to us here, too? Which means that what we're going through, no matter how long it's going to last for us, He knows and He's doing something with it. Just like my IT Band stuff, given time (and who knows, maybe new shoes), a lot of things heal.
Everything is going to be okay.
Happy Easter!
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