Why?

Have you ever found yourself asking God why? Have you found yourself saying why me, why do I have to go through this or that? WHY? WHY? WHY?

I was thinking this morning that it really isn't about the why, but about being thankful in all things. When we remove the why from the vocabulary and start thanking God for the situation we are going through we change our perspective from the question to being thankful. God is in it all, but when we ask God why we are doubting the very thing that He is doing and has planned for us. We are questioning Him when we should be thanking Him. He knows it is not easy, He knows we are struggling, but He also knows that we can make it through the difficulties and when we thank Him for them we have stopped questioning our creator, we have stopped questioning the One that sees the whole picture and we are able to learn from where He has us.

Today instead of asking God why? Change  your statement and say Lord thank you for these hard places, because I know you are making me the man/woman I need to be. Thank you for these hard places, because I am able to ground myself in Thee. Isn't it time to change from the why, to the thank you. It isn't easy, but changing our conversation can change our perspective. When you talk with God today, thank Him for the very things that you are struggling with, because they are making you a new person if you allow God to change you through the hard places.

You can either struggle with finding out an answers, or you can be thankful in the thought that it is a hard place and God is in it.

God is right there with you through it all, He never leaves you nor forsakes you. He knows and knew, He is in it all. Just change your perspective to the Thank You God. He loves you.