God Shouts In Our Pain

I have been pondering this well know quote from CS Lewis “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world”  It has been a particularly difficult couple of months for me and my family.  As I write this I am sitting in the ER with my son Joel and my wife Jennifer.  We thought that he was having an allergic reaction to penicillin, but it seems to keep getting worse so Jennifer called the Dr and they told us to come to the ER.  Why is that these things always seem to happen at 10 at night?

As Jennifer and I were driving to the ER we were thinking over the last couple of weeks.  We have been to the ER or Doctor’s office 6 times in the past 3 weeks.  Our oldest son Luke had a seizure and we brough him to the ER.  Joel has had an ear infection and now an allergic reaction.  Levi our six year old boy had strep throat.  Wow! Kids our fun.

But telling you about our stressful past couple of weeks is not my reason for posting a blog.  But rather what God is and wants to do through it.  God does not waste pain.  Whenever we are in a difficult time in our life there is always a reason.  Not that we should necessarily ask God for the specific reason for being where we are, but it is always a process of God conforming us to the image of Jesus Christ.  Romans 8:29

That is always the main goal of God in whatever is happening in our life.  But as in any situation our response is everything.  If we respond in anger towards God we will be putting a wall up between us and God, but if we respond in humility and brokeness and acknowledge that God is doing something in us He will!