On Being Helpless

Sorry I didn't blog yesterday. Here's why:

One of my youth had a seizure. It happened at about 8:45 or so last night while we were at the church. He was in a solid seizure for about 45 minutes or so before the EMT's were able to get it under control. There were only 4 people up at the church when it happened--me, Robby (my friend and youth volunteer), Kendal (one of my youth), and Justin (the guy who had the seizure).

Justin is all right now. He spent a few hours in the hospital before coming home.

It was pretty crazy, sitting there watching him shake like crazy while we could sit there and do nothing. Watching him suffer like that until the EMT's showed up was terrible. It was the most helpless feeling in the world. When someone goes through a seizure like that, you can't really do anything but let them go. You just have to make sure they keep breathing, and that's about it.

Sometimes life leaves us helpless. We see the world around us going crazy, and we have no idea what to do. We start panicking and fretting about the troubles around us, feeling like we can't do a thing to fix our problems.

And that's where God comes in.

In reality, we really are helpless. Yes, we get to make decisions in life, but we are not in control. God is in control. He is sovereign. He is Lord. And while we feel utterly helpless, God is never absent. He is never far away. He is never too busy for us or too preoccupied to hear our distress.

So when our world goes crazy and we feel helpless, remember that God is there, and he is in control.

Feel better, Justin.