I must say that sentence at least (and I do mean at LEAST) twice a day. With five children, I get asked "why...." all the time, and "That's just the way it is" is my standard answer.
I heard this song on the radio while driving today. It's called "Just the Way it is" by Bruce Hornsby. I hadn't heard it in forever, but today I not only listened to it...I *heard* it. I've said it before, but sometimes music speaks to me...and today, it did.
Here are some of the lyrics:
They say hey little boy you can't go Where the others go
'Cause you don't look like they do
Said hey old man how can you stand To think that way
Did you really think about it
Before you made the rules
He said, Son
That's just the way it is
Some things will never change
That's just the way it is
But don't you believe them
I ask myself why does my daughter struggle to read and communicate. I ask myself why some people have lives full of money, and we went bankrupt just trying to survive. I ask myself why my kids seem to hate eachother a lot of the time. I ask myself why I don't have a sister. It sure would have been nice to have a sister. I ask myself why I can't lose weight. I ask myself why I ask myself so many questions.
The answer to all of them is almost certainly always..."That's just the way it is."
I wonder if that's God's answer too.
I'm sure he gets asked a lot of why questions daily too.....
2 comments:
"That's just the way it is." Some things we can never change, but some things we can. Opening our hearts and minds to that fact is sometimes the hardest. Chrissy, you have no biological sisters but you have so many "sister friends". You are truly
blessed. You open your heart all the time. You are the BEST. Love ya
Awwww, I just loved this post. Exactly the way I need to be thinking right now! <3 you!
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