Who is really in control?

The sun is shining brightly in Nashville today and the birds are chirping. The grass is green and the flowers are standing up as if in praise. I am so grateful for days like this. It feels as though there is nothing that can go wrong. It feels as though we deserve this kind of day; that every day should be like this!

Last Saturday was the Music City Marathon. Runners prepare for this for months; some for the whole year, and some their whole lives. There are many dreams and arbitrary walls knocked down during this run: the voices from the past that said you never finish anything, the resounding feeling of overcoming physical setbacks, the dream come true as you sprint across that finish line.

Last weekend the skies looked ominous and 3 miles short of the finish line the run was halted. The sadness was apparent on many faces. This was another setback in life, a disappointment. To many it was another state to cross off of their lists of marathons to accomplish all 50 states. WHY? Why did the weather not cooperate? It was nice the day before and the day after the race.

We are NOT in control. We have have been and never will. There is a much higher power that controls the switches for the rain, the hail, the sun, moon and stars. And He chose that day to open the flood gates.

WHY? The WHY will never be answered. But take a minute to sit back and give the controls back to your creator. He has been at the helm since before the beginning of time, and He does a much better job than any of us can. Let's trust, and know that we are not, and will never be in control, no matter how many plans we make.

If the race finished there may have been many more injuries, there might have been something vicious that happened, there might have been...well, you get the picture.
Drop to your knees and say a prayer of thanks for all that you have been given, and all that has been taken from you. Because, after all, Father Knows best!