Happy 62!!!

Lois Jane Neal Huddleston Wallace is 62??? Don't tell my sister I put my age on here because she will be MAD! It makes her have to think about her age!
Like most of you, I had some "stuff" to happen in my lifetime that I have never found answers. And yes, I have asked God "Why?" He's never given me an answer.
I discovered if we keep asking "Why?" we become bitter and fail to recognize all the good things the Lord has brought about in our lives.
But if we choose to trust God and move on in faith, we find that life becomes exciting. We watch Him take all the "stuff" we've been through and give us a story to share of His faithfulness of getting us through both the "stuff" and the "whys."
For me, the secret of moving away from asking "Why?" is to make a choice to trust Him and look for Him at work around me.
Isaiah 6:1 says, "In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord." I can, without a doubt, say that in the year, days, weeks, and months after my first husband, Ron Huddleston died...I SAW THE LORD! I was looking for Him because I knew I would never make it without His help.
It took a long time. But one day I packed up and moved from the "House Of Why" and into the "House of Trust."
I kept looking for God. I kept trusting, even on the many, many lonely and difficult days. I can't tell you the time or the day, but eventually I began to find myself in a state of rest and peace. I knew He was with me and we would make it together.
God will honor our trust in Him. I've learned to look for and expect Him to show up when I'm ready to receive. I have looked at gifts He's given me and somehow knew there was a card tucked away in one of those gifts with these words, "Surprise! Enjoy! I love you, God."