feelings...

I was thinking about the book A Grief Observed. This book came into my mind because I just left fire fall (which was amazing by the way) and the speaker was talking about why certain things happen to us. He was saying that we ask God "why?" when we are going through certain situations. Whether it's a mom dying, or you just found out your spouse has cancer. Even the biggest "saint" questions the way God does things, but little do we know it's for our benefit. I know, I know, it's sounds pretty insane. Right? Some people even question if there is a God because we struggle sometimes. I used to be like that until I realized that God wouldn't put anything on me that's too hard to bear. The same goes for C.S Lewis and everyone else. We gain testimonies when we overcome battles/trials, and then we rejoice in the Lord because He was the reason why we overcame our situation.
Going through trials helps us to be strong men and women of God. If we never went through anything, how could we help others? Of course we could always pick up trash around the city, but it's really different when a person is homeless and become wealthy.  They decide to go out and proclaim the word of God because they know He is the reason why they are doing so well. When that person goes out and cleans the city and sees a homeless person they can give their testimony and encourage others. We as humans have to see it to believe it and a testimony is kind of like "well if they can get through that tough situation with God, then I can do it with God as well". So in your trials rejoice because you know that God is going to do great things in your life!