The Response is different.

Today this is going to be a little different. I am going to start off with an analogy that I read. It is about a shark and it natural adaptability. See a shark will adapt to its surroundings, no matter what size it should be, it never grows beyond it living environment. It will grow to maturity but not to it true size. For instance, if a shark is fully grown at 20 feet but it is a caught and put in a home aquarium, it will not reach its full maturity size but yet be fully grown. However, if it is remove and put into an area, no matter when, it will grow to its full maturity size. Yet, if it is left in the home aquarium, it will live out its life full grown on the molecular level, but not the physical level. Now why did I bring this up, well, lately there has been death around me. Not directly touching me, but it has touched people who I am connected too, and I realized as Christians the Father knows just what will grow our faith and help us to reach out full potential. Therefore, He puts us in the place, position at just the right time where we can grow our faith. Death does that for us, if we just stop and understand the process of God.  Now, it does not mean we do not grieve, feel sadden by the lost of the loved one; it’s just done differently. Like the shark we are able to adapt to the environment we are put in, when we are move to it. Even when we do not have the context or frame of reference to think it so, but the spirit does. This verse  Psalms 126:6 - Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves( bundles, stacks) with them. (NIV) because of what the Father knows best even when think we know better. 

For the tears other see as just sadness of what happened, it is clarity. Clarity is essential to our growth as we obey the voice of God and become the instrument of His hand, subject to will. For God knows, we have more impact with what we do, how we handle things, than what we say, any day. We look at the horrific or the unexpectedness of the lost, but God looks upon the work of His hands. His artistry, masterpiece He created, and how He is reconciling those remaining alive to Himself. Yet, the problem is man begins to try to understand the reason, and trace the hand of God, but that is not it. We are only to submit to the will of God, and trust the heart of the Father flawlessly perfect timing.  Knowing that the goodness and grace inspite of mistakes calls us home, and it is not too soon. How can I say this? How many of us know of people walking away from what should have killed or crippled them. God has a master-plan. So, when we are ‘Why God?’ remember Gen. 50:20 - You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives (NIV).   It will not ease the pain or the lost of the person, yet the response is different.

The analogy of the shark works for all things, and it helps us to understand life better as we reach each new level in this life.