Why Not Me?

I heard something the other day and it really made me think. So often when things aren’t as we planned; we lose a job, get a divorce, our child dies…we think, why me? Why do bad things happen to me? The message was…why not me? Bad things happen. Why shouldn’t they happen to me? I am not immune to bad things and neither are you. Fatal accidents happen every single day, someone loses a job because it’s not a good fit, or we divorce because of many different reasons. So, why not to me?

On the other hand, I’ll be 100% honest and admit that I have never said that. True, I have never said, “Why do bad things happen to me?” But some people do say that. I realize it is part of life. I surely wish my youngest son had not lost his father and I whole-heartedly wish my oldest son had not died last year, but they are both gone…waiting for us “on the other side” as some say. I hurt everyday missing them, but I don’t know that I’ve ever said, "Why do bad things happen to me?" However, I have said, “Why did you want them already, God? Why did you want them when we still need them? Why must I raise my son alone? Why must my granddaughter go through life without her daddy?” Those questions I have asked, but again, I know the evolution of life and none of us are here forever. Thankfully, we can be together again forever and that brings peace in time of turmoil.

Maybe you are hurting or you are thinking, “why me?” Why did God give me a difficult child? Why can’t I be independently wealthy?  Why can’t I be the skinny one? Why did we break our marriage vows? Why did my child die? Remember, it has to be somebody. I have learned I am stronger than I ever realized and if God brings me to it, He will bring me through it. Even in my darkest hours, He does not leave my side and I survive the unimaginable.