Has God failed?
Hannah woke up this morning with a cough. Today, it was a
little more pronounced than yesterday. So yet again, we are missing another day
of school to keep her home. Katie is feeling much better so we are alternating during
the day. What gets me about Hannah being sick is that Katie and I have prayed
for her to be well and not get sick. She is sick. Has God failed?
In one sense, yes. God has failed. He just hasn’t failed as
you may think of it. God has not failed to be good, righteous, just, loving, or
sovereign. In other words, he has not stopped being God. But he has failed to
be a get well genie for us.
Two years ago, John Piper said, “God is always doing 10,000
in your life, and you may be aware of three of them.” Ouch! So Hannah is sick.
I am not sure why she is sick. I would love her to never get sick, ever. What I
don’t know is what God knows. He knows each virus and bacteria she will face in
her life. He knows that for her to have a strong immune system later she has to
have these little coughs and sicknesses. Sicknesses build immune system strength.
I’m staying at home first. We will probably take her to the doctor
tomorrow. We will have extra tea parties. She will take an extra nap. I will
continue to pray she gets well but in my prayers I will pray to God who is
always good, always righteous, always, just, always loving, always sovereign,
and has seen his own Son in far worse shape than my daughter with a cough.
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