A Story, Part II

This girl walked with God for a while, sharing with everyone how He had changed her life. She talked about how she discovered life the day He showed her He was real. She shared about how it took a while for her to realize just how great He was, because it took a while for her to let Him have His way in every aspect of her life. At first, she just wanted Him to fit into it and make all her plans amazing. But as she finally released control, He showed her that His plans weren't compatible with hers. Though the life changes He made her go through were painful, she learned that when she let Him do what He wanted, He did something far more wonderful than what she had in mind for herself. She learned that when she didn't see how His idea could possibly be good, if she waited she would see that it was actually amazing. She learned to trust Him when He didn't give her what she wanted, because she learned not to want what He didn't want to give her. What a glorious testimony of a victorious Christian, whose life was changed when God answered two weeks worth of prayers with a single revelation.
Then one day her faith was challenged almost to the breaking point. She was faced with a situation where she knew that if God didn't do what she wanted, it wasn't because He had something better in mind. She knew what she wanted was the will of God, yet she knew He wouldn't do it if it meant forcing Himself on someone else. But if things in this world could go wrong - terribly wrong - where did that leave her? Could she suffer under a plan God didn't intend because God chose not to act? Could she trust God would work everything for good when she saw sometimes He didn't?
The answer came quietly. She could never trust God because of what He did, because she could never understand His ways. But she knew He was good. She could trust God because He was good.
The answer satisfied her and got her through her crisis, but it would take years for her to understand the full significance of the concept. In fact, she's now sure she will never fully understand. However, each day God shows her a little more of what it means to trust Him for who He is, not for what He does. For now, that's enough.