Hard Reality

Why live life if we can't live it and do what we want? This was a question asked to me from a sincere broken hearted place by a friend. I couldn't imagine being in their shoes during this difficult period of their life...even when this circumstance affects me greatly personally and because it's a close friend. But when i was proposed this question I didn't have a good answer. All I had to say was... The way we want to live out lives is not always what's best for us. Dumb answer in the context of the circumstances. But, in all truth and honesty...it's the best answer. So many ways I can go with this: God has destined a life for us, he knows best, he requires us to live a righteous life without sin (which is impossible by the way but we should do our best and thank God for his grace and Jesus that covers us when we mess up). But, what answer i think is more appropriate is this: that even though when we are faced with life situations where we begin to think that life is pointless...we have to remember that there are so many beautiful things that outweigh what we are going through in the moment. We have to focus not on our pain of the moment, but remember that life has so many gifts and joys. we may not be experiencing them now. But, life will get better. And while we are in the midst of this horrible painful time in our lives, we have to hold on to our faith and trust that God is in control. Regardless. Period. And when we get to the other side of the heartache that we are going through...we can trust that we can look back and see how God was walking with us and sometimes carrying us through that time. We will see that he never left us and will be able to see the bigger picture and the way that it turned out was far better then what we could have ever imagined in the moment of the heartache, pain, turmoil.