For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD.
As high as the heavens are above the earth
so high are my ways above your ways
and my thoughts above your thoughts.
- Isaiah 55:8-9
Sometimes things don't go our way. And sometimes things don't go the way that we know they should go. Sometimes no matter how much we plead with the Lord to give us justice in our time, to send us peace and comfort, things only get worse. It can be easy to say "Oh, God didn't answer my prayer, He must not care." God understands our suffering, He knows our pain, and He wants to heal us even more than we want to be healed. Our plans, thoughts, and ways are not the same as God's.
The things going on in the United States of America right now are incredibly wrong. No, violence is not the answer, but people have a right to be heard. The cheating, stealing, and deception that the majority of the world knows is going on right now are not okay and will never be okay. But despite all of this, despite how much we beg the Lord to reveal the Truth in our time, things may not go the way that we know they ought to go in. And that's okay. He has promised that all will be revealed someday, and we will all know the Truth. Yes, we keep working for justice, Truth, beauty and freedom, but we let God handle things in His time.
God is not at fault for the sins of people, people are, but He is always there to welcome them home with open arms. He has a plan for our nation and a plan for the world.
His ways are not our ways, and His thoughts are not our thoughts. God sees the big picture, and we can't. He will make everything known in His time. In the meantime, we just need to trust Him.
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