No Trial Too Great

Every now and then we hear of a tragic situation that would seem absolutely unbearable, and we wonder how those involved can go on. Two tragic instances came to my attention just yesterday that tore my heart:  A father of three discovered his brakes had failed as he was coming into his driveway and he ran over his three children who were there to welcome him home.  All three were pronounced dead.  Another father blacked out and fell on his infant son who died at the hospital of  fractured skull.  After a year of counseling, spiritual direction and prayer, the disconsolate father of three has returned to as "normal" as possible, and he and his wife are expecting their fourth child.  It is too soon for a report on the parents of the second case, but with prayer and help, they too will "make it."  St. Paul tells us comfortingly, "No trial has come to you but what is human.  God is faithful and will not let you be tried beyond your strength; but with the trial he will also provide a way out, so that you may be able to bear it."  (1Cor : 10-13).  Every day some little bump seems to pop up, thank God, nothing of the proportion of the two above, (which, by the way, certainly give perspective to what we might consider bad), but enough to ruffle us.  Remembering that we cannot be tried beyond our strength and the strength that God gives us to bear it, helps us carry on and also brings us closer to him.
Bro. Rene