I sat under a gorgeous blooming tree, reading a book. The Ohio river stretched out before me, muddy waters slowly gurgling past. The park was alive with kids giggling with delight as they threw pebbles and twigs into the river. I stretched out my feet, loving the spring breeze. I was about to go back to reading my book when a little boy walking up the sidewalk caught my attention. He was trying to act like an adult in charge. He shouted out to his siblings, “Don’t run or you’ll fall in the pool!” This instantly made me smile. He was too little to understand that it was a river and not a pool. To him, the Ohio river was all a giant pool. I was looking at the exact same thing the boy was—only we had different perspectives on it. Where I saw a river, he saw a pool.
I can’t help but think of a similar comparison. When we look at a person whose life seems to be falling apart, we see a hopeless situation. We see a mess. But God looks at it with a different perspective. He can be looking at the same situation as us, but He doesn’t see what everybody else sees, He sees so much more. He sees hope. He sees the plans He has for that person. He can take what everyone else thinks is a mess, and turn it into a message. Our God is an amazing God who isn’t limited by what the world defines as hopeless.
If your life is a mess, don’t give up hope. God’s not finished working with you. You might only be able to see a mess, but God sees more than that. He sees all the plans He has for you. He knows what good He’s going to bring out of the situation. Even if it seems hopeless to you, remember that He’s coming at it with a different perspective. He knows everything that’s happened in the past, and He knows everything’s that’s going to happen in the future. Though we can’t always see where He’s leading us, we can have faith that He knows what He’s doing.
Kayla Joy
