Our Father in heaven sees the big
picture and knows us personally. He wants to bless us and help us though this
difficult journey of mortal life. We often can’t see and don’t understand His
plan or His timing for us. We get frustrated and impatient; at least I know I
do.
As I was
studying about the priest, Zacharias, and his wife, Elisabeth, in Luke, chapter
1, their situation touched me deeply. I am a mother to one beautiful boy with
another on the way. Knowing the joys and sorrows of motherhood I couldn’t
imagine life any other way. I wish all those that had the honorable and
righteous desire to become parents could. Infertility is something many people
struggle with even in this day and age and it is an incredibly heartbreaking
trial.
Zacharias and Elisabeth are an excellent example
of trusting the Lord, accepting His will, and remaining faithful despite
trials. It says in Luke 1:6, “And they were both righteous before God, walking
in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.”
Trusting the Lord’s timing isn’t
easy, especially during the midst of trials and tribulation. When we are
suffering, it’s hard to see outside ourselves and to trust God. I hope that
someday I can master this and that I am known to be righteous before God,
regardless of my trials, just as Zacharias and Elisabeth were.
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