John 9:2-3

"His disciples asked him,“Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him...”"

WHAM. SMACK. BOOM. 

What was that you ask? That was a replication of the sound this verse made when hitting me hard when it was read in church this past Sunday. Specifically, the "... it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him.." part is what was the cause of this ruckus in my heart. 

When the disciples first saw the man they assumed that a condition like this couldn't have come for or be the root of any good, clearly someone in that family must have done something wrong to be cursed in this way. And this is something we all do, too. Many times when something goes wrong the first question is, "why me?" We start evaluating our lives and our past actions and try to figure out where was the grave error that caused God to lash out at us in this way. In that moment, we don't see any good ever coming from the situation.

However, Jesus tells them that is certainly not the case. That through this negative situation, a positive will come, and not just any small positive - Through this, the glory and power of God will be made evident to man. 

How awesome is that? God is able to use our trials (and our lives in general) to show just how much He loves His people and how faithful He is to those who are faithful to Him. And even if sometimes we struggle with that faith, He is steadfast. 

That being said, the trials we face are still just that - trials. They're going to be difficult. They're going to cause us to feel things we'd rather not feel. They're going to cause us to think about things we rather ignore. And that's okay. Knowing that some good will come from the situation doesn't mean that you can't feel hurt, sad, mad, and all those other sometimes tabooed emotions. What I pray that you get from this verse and this thinking is hope. Hope that things will get better. Hope in knowing that God will use this situation for His glory. And hope that He will make you see His glory and the good coming from the situation as *spoiler alert* He made this blind man see. 

May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. God bless.