“Bigger Picture”

Lately, the concept of the "bigger picture" has come up a lot around me! It is one thing to see what the Bible says about our circumstances… For instance in Romans 8:28 - And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him… It is another thing to realize how strategic God really is and how crucial it is for us to stay the course beyond what we feel in a moment of frustration or pain.

When I think of the years of infertility there is not one moment (now) that I regret anything I went through. There were amazing things I learned that I would not have learned otherwise, my marriage has a strength to it that would not exist, I mother my children in a way I would not have been capable of, and even my faith is different because of the course my journey took. The book that I am currently writing about Faith and my battle with infertility would not be possible if things did not go the way they did. I could have been quickly helped by a doctor and never known the difference, but I wasn't. The way my story played out occurred in a way that not only allowed me to learn so much, to be changed and touched in so many ways, but also allowed for others to be changed and touched by what God did for me. Granted, in the midst of it I am not sure I was too concerned with how others would be touched, but on the other side of it I am truly grateful that God had more than just me in mind!

When we are in the midst of something it is hard to see how we will get through it or what we are supposed to do and you can forget thinking of how it will affect others! When we are in the midst of it is when it is crucial. In the midst of trouble, God wants us to be the solution for freedom and breakthrough; if we give up because of our own frustration the answer would be lost. In the midst of struggle things do not make sense and it is easy to want to throw in the towel but hold tight, there is a purpose here and God has a bigger picture in mind.

Today I have been thinking of the friends I have around me that I can clearly see God working the same in them. What God is doing for them is about the bigger picture that surrounds them. One friend is at the tail end of her breakthrough and she is beginning to see how her journey is about to allow her to help countless other women who struggle daily with what she has overcome. God did not want to save just her, He wanted to save every woman that struggles the way she has. Isn't that the nature of God? He does not want ANY lost or left out! His plan has always been about the "Bigger Picture"!