This was written from a friend of our family. Her son is in ICU at St. Francis Children's Hospital here in Tulsa and I have been following her blog. IT IS ALL TOO FAMILIAR to us, hearing this year after year after Baileyanne was diagnosed with Autism. This really made me think about what we have been through and where we are today. Please pray for Baby Issac.
Myth: “God won’t give you more than you can handle.”
I’ve heard this many times lately. And at the risk of offending someone who has said it, I am going to tell you all to stop saying this to anyone who is living what we are living. Because it is false – scripturally inaccurate – and competely untrue in our situation“God won’t give you more than you can handle.” comes from this verse: ”No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.” (1 Corinthians 10:13).
Notice, this has to do with temptation. God is faithful to help us make right choices when we are tempted to make wrong ones. Every time. Yes, He is.HOWEVER, this verse doesn’t apply to our circumstances because we aren’t being tempted at all, and this situation wasn’t caused by our sin. Isaac is fearfully and wonderfully made DIFFERENTLY in order to fulfill God’s purpose for his life in a way that he otherwise couldn’t. God knows the number of Isaac’s days, and Isaac’s purpose will be accomplished before they are over. Just like Danny taught the world that “God is sovereign and faithful” in five and a half years with a beautiful smile and no words at all.I know most people who have said this to us don’t mean it this way, but “God won’t give you more than you can handle” sounds like we are expected to handle all of this in our own strength and that if we cry, get angry,or rely on others, we have failed.
The truth for our situation is not found in 1 Corinthians 10:13. Instead it’s found in Philippians 4:“11 Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.12 I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.”
These verses say that sometimes our circumstances do stink. Things can be fantastic, or they can be terrible. But we choose our reaction to our situation. We can choose to be content – knowing that we can’t handle it, but God is in control and that He will be faithful to care and provide for us. We can let Christ strengthen us to do what He has allowed to come before us. Our strength rests in He who created the heavens and the earth. When we are weak, He makes us strong. When we are tired, He strengthens us. And when we can’t go any further, He carries us.
It is true that He DOES gives us more than we can handle so that He can handle it for us.
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No, we really don't need anything, but thanks for asking. Please continue to pray because it seems like we find new problems in Isaac and new obstacles to taking him home every day.
Your kids are beautiful.
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