Trusting the Author

​When my son was 11 months old, my husband and I decided to try for another baby. Just one month after we started trying, we were blessed with that big, fat positive! We bought “big brother” clothes, started telling family, and dreaming of everything to come.
 
Then, while my father-in-law was visiting, I started having immense pain and other miscarriage symptoms. My husband and I decided I should go to the ER where we were informed we lost our sweet baby, Riley. I remember exactly how every piece of that night played out. I especially remember the big question I had for God: why?
 
Whether you've experienced a miscarriage or another tragedy, you may have had this same question swirling around in your head keeping you awake at night, interrupting the joyous moments in life, pulling you away from God. 

In the book of Acts, written by Luke, we learn some of the history of the early church. There is a Greek word that we see 22 times in the Book of Acts and that word is “dei.” “Dei” is translated as “it is necessary” (Strong). Which means that Luke is driving home the point that things are necessary throughout history because it is in God’s plan. In the very first chapter of the book, Luke hits us with the hard truth: “it is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority” (Acts 1:7).

​We see some amazing works done by God in the first ten chapters of the Book of Acts: 

• Peter and John are used by God to heal a lame man (Acts 3). 
• Stephen performs work and wonders to build faith amongst people (Acts 7), and 
• Peter falling into a trance as God directs him to not call any person unclean (Acts 10). 

A commonality can be found amongst all these things, God is in control even when He is working through people. Knowing all this gave me confidence in two things: 1) I do not get to know the why for everything that happens, and 2) God is still in control.
 
It can be hard to fully trust that God is in control when things feel uncertain, messy, and painful. We live in a broken world. As humans, we often feel like we need to know who, what, when, where, and why to be confident that things are going smoothly and there’s no need for panic. However, Jeremiah 17:7 tells us, “...blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.” 
 
So I ask, what matters more, knowing everything and constantly worrying when things don’t go according to your plan? Or being blessed greatly and trusting in God’s most perfect plan for you? 
 
Sweet friend, God is in control always. Jesus dying on the cross? He knew. Christians being persecuted? He knew. God is sovereign through it all. Luke gives us a glimpse of this truth stating, “this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God” (Acts. 2:23). While there were many sins committed around the crucifixion of Jesus, God’s plan was always to send His son down to die on the cross for our sins. His perfect plan was still brought to completion even amidst the brokenness of the world. 
 
So the next time a door closes, take a moment to thank God for always being with you. For creating a most perfect plan for you that might not be what you envisioned but will bear so much fruit to you and those around you. 
 
Reference: Strong, James. “The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.” Hendrickson Publication, 2021. https://biblehub.com/greek/1163.htm

Memory Verse: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares the Lord. 'As far as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.’”Isaiah 55:8-9

About the Author

​​Hello! I'm Kristen Williamson, I have been married to my high school sweetheart, Tyler, for four years! We have two beautiful babies together, Mason (3 years) and Ella (8 months). I work online as teacher for students in Japan which allows me to extend love to kids all over the world as I teach them! We currently live in South Korea with the military and have loved this opportunity to grow as a family and in our relationship with God. I'm passionate about God's word- more specifically, digging deeper into context and real life applications of the Bible. I'm looking forward to many more coffee filled mornings; reading and writing about God's grace, love, and faithfulness with Rooted Moms.