Loss

Anyone ever experienced loss? I know I have. Once I lost an entire sandwich. It was tragic.

But seriously, in life we are often going to come up short. Things that matter to us are going to be taken away. And it hurts bad.

At times when we lose things we love or care about, it can feel like God is a mean kid with a magnifying glass trying to burn all of us ants down here on earth, but I think it's important to remember one thing:

"For though he wounds, he also bandages. He strikes, but his hands also heal."
-Job 5:18 (New Living Translation)

God never destroys for the sake of destruction. He never takes away something from you just because he felt like being a jerk. There is love in everything he does, and if he tears something down, it's to build something better.

And if you're in a time of loss, this ALWAYS helps: