I should start out by saying, that though I have a great relationship with God, and I feel I can talk to him anytime, I have never been an ‘overly’ religious person. I don’t attend church on a regular basis, or nearly as often as I should, but, nonetheless, I don’t feel like that makes me any less connected to God. I am a spiritual person, and I have always had my own special relationship with Him. I Trust in Him, I have Faith and… I Believe.
In life, we all have trials and tribulations that we go through, and I’m no different than the next person. For me personally, No matter what life has brought my way, or what trials I have had to face, the one person who has always been there for me, the person who has always been a true confidant, and someone I could talk to, and share things with no matter what…is God. Many people have come and gone in my life. Whether it be family, friends, Exes., or whomever, but the one relationship that has always been consistent, the one relationship that has always been true, and the one person whom I have always been able to count on in my life…is God. My relationship with him has never faltered.
This brand came about because of a single question…”WHY”? Throughout most of my life, I’ve had many moments where I find myself questioning the… (‘Why’)? Whether I’m watching the news and seeing a young child has just died, due to some type of illness, that took them way too soon, or when it happens due to something far more sinister, like some sick pedophile, who thinks it’s ok, to steal our children’s innocence by raping, and/or killing them, or even worse yet, when you see a child dying at the hands of their own parents (which is far too frequent lately), but happening by the one person they should have been able to trust, and should have been safe with no matter what… (Why?). Another time when the question (‘WHY’?), hit home hard, and not just for me, but for everyone, or many people in the world anyway, definitely, most of the people in the United States, and it left us all with the same question… (Why?). It was the morning most of us woke up just in time to turn on the news, and see a plane crashing into our World Trade Center… (Why?). These instances, and many more like them, have always left me with the same question (why’)? After much wondering, and many, many, more (Whys), to follow and after going through a really tough time in my own life, a time that knocked me down further than I’ve ever fallen before, a time that I wasn’t sure I could even stand up from again, and a time where all I could do was ask… WHY, WHY, WHY??? It was at this time that my one constant was there for me again, he let me know that our relationship was just as strong as ever. He renewed my faith in him, and gave me the strength to pick myself up, dust myself off, and move forward, even stronger than before, and he has been right here beside me through it all, giving me the answer to my question, the answer that has been there all along….ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY.
Proverbs 3: 5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.