By Ken Blue
“And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job…?” Job 1:8.
What if, in one day, all your children died?
What if, in your grief, your faith your spouse did chide?
What if, in your darkness; God’s face He turned aside?
What if…?
Just, what if…?
What if, in that day, all income was lost?
What if your home was gone; you couldn’t pay the cost?
What if sickness struck you, and Jordan soon you’d cross?
What if…?
Just, what if…?
What if God’s face on your life ceased to shine?
What if all your friends said the fault was all thine?
What if in your misery, comfort you could not find?
What if…?
Just, what if…?
What if God said, “All was a test for you”?
What if Gods plans and intent, you already knew?
What if you have sore trials today, how will you do?
What if…?
Just what if…?
Pastor Ken Blue was born in Boswell, Ark. In 1955 he accepted Christ as his Savior. He and his wife Joyce were married in 1955. They have 5 children. He graduated from Midwestern Baptist Bible College in 1969 and started the Open Door Baptist Church in Lynnwood, Wa. where he pastored for 39 years. Because of health issues (ALS) he was forced to resign as pastor. It is his desire to continue to be used of God to help pastors and believers through this ministry.
Pastor…. I don’t know how I would honestly answer these things until I was right in the middle of the “what if”. I would like to say that my faith would remain strong and I would fully trust in my Lord no matter what “what if” I was living with. This is an unsettling thought, but, God promises that His grace is sufficient.
As long as I keep my eyes on Jesus and in God’s wonderful Word, there is no “what if”. God will never leave me or forsake me. I may lose everything, but, I will never lose Him. Once again, you made me think it through. Thanks.
What a blessed thought to know that no matter what trials come into our lives, He has a plan and a purpose for it.
I love your poems.