Passing The Test by Deborah Horack

As I was planning a wedding this week I was also in the process of planning a funeral. The wedding I was planning was my best girlfriend since childhood, and the funeral I was planning was my fathers. I could not believe that I actually was given this task by God. I am very sure I am not the first and I will not be the last. How do I enjoy a wedding when my dad is on
his death bed. God then revealed to me in His word in Ecclesiastes 3 "A time for everything". With 2 very popular verses, "A time to weep and a time to laugh, A time to mourn and a time to dance." How ironic, I was doing this in the same day. As we travel through life we all come to a point when we will dance and we will mourn on the same day or the same week. We will weep and we will laugh within hours of each other. Life is not perfect but Gods timing is. We do not know when death is coming so until then enjoy every day. For whatever reason that I am in this situation right now God only knows. To dance while my heart is mourning and knowing that God is taking care of me and the situation. God then reminded me as one life ends another begins. My girlfriends life is beginning as my dads is ending. But in reality my dads life is also beginning. A new life we can not see but by faith we all know is there. A life of no pain and complete joy and peace. So
as for now I will pass this test and have complete faith that God is the one who is in control and He always will be, and in that I will trust. We are all here on earth to reveal God's hand in every thing we go through. And at the end of our trials God's glory will always be seen. Thinking back I can now see I was being taken care of. I was able to dance at my girlfriends wedding and I also was at my dads bedside 2 days later when he took his last breath. I was right where I was supposed to be at both occasions. I was there for her and I was with my dad where I needed to be. God gave me a beautiful gift I will treasure forever, and that is a deeper faith. God does work on our behalf and does know what we need. I needed to be with dad and God gave me just that. Always know that whatever your trial is there is someone out there that knows what you need more than you do. And that someone is God, and He will always receive the glory.

God Bless Deborah Horack