Trusting God is definitely easier said than done, in my opinion. It seems like a lot of people I know are struggling to trust God and his promises, especially when it comes to unanswered prayers regarding jobs, babies and the like. For this reason, I appreciated the closing paragraph in Andree Seu’s article in WORLD Magazine entitled, “Confessions of an insomniac” [October 6, 2007]:

This is the best I can do with unanswered prayer. The possible answers seem to be “yes,” “no,” or “you have no idea what’s going on behind the curtain of your sensate reality, so you best make up your mind once and for all–I do love you, Will you trust Me?”

The curtain of sensate reality. Isn’t that the truth? During the two years we waited for, and struggled in the meantime, to become parents, we never had a clue how wonderful it would be to have Livia Raine join our family. If my plan had been followed, this specific child wouldn’t be ours today. I can just imagine God saying, “Hang on. I’ve got this incredible baby girl. You have to wait for a few details (conception, birth, postpartum issues to name a few) to take place before she can be placed in your arms. But, boy, if you would just trust me on this one, I’ve got more than you asked for or imagined coming for you. Hang in there. I love you.”

As long as we’re alive, we stand behind that curtain and struggle with trust. But if you put your trust in God, you’ll never be disappointed beyond healing. That’s just how life is with an all-powerful, all-knowing God who loves you personally.