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3. You must live your theology.

When someone goes through hard times we seek to comfort and encourage them with reassuring words about God.

 God hears your prayers.

God cares/loves you.

God is in control.

God has a reason for this.

When we say these things we really do mean for them to be comforting and reassuring. When we say these things we really do believe that they are true. During our time with Lizbeth we learned that these are easy words to say when you are not the one going through the hard time. These are easy things to believe when all is well. These are easy things to take comfort in when everything in our world is working as it should.

One thing we all know from life is that at some point we will be the person going through the hard time. A loved one will die. We will lose our job. The test results will come back bad. Sudden tragedy will strike our lives. During these times will we be able to blithely say these words of comfort and encouragement to ourselves? Will we be able to believe these things about our situation? Do these words that are spoken so easily when all is well in our lives still bring comfort in our lives when all is not well? For the next few minutes I want to talk about our experience with these things during our time with Lizbeth.