When God allows trauma

 https://equippinggodlywomen.com/faith/how-to-respond-when-god-allows-trauma/

https://credohouse.org/blog/viewing-god-through-the-lens-of-trauma

https://nadialouisethomas.com/2020/01/18/where-was-god-in-the-middle-of-my-trauma/

https://www.christianitytoday.com/pastors/2012/july-online-only/doesgodallowtragedy.html

https://psychotherapy.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2016.70.4.429

This is hard for me to think about, because I know someone who left her relationship with God because of trauma. 

Either you have a view of God that means He was standing right there and was able to help, but he did nothing. That He doesn’t care. 

Or you come to the conclusion that God wasn’t there because He’s not real, and that you believed in something for so long that isn’t real. And that’s a HUGE let down. 

But why?

Why is trauma allowed?

If God is real (which I am using as the promise for this post), why didn’t He step in? 

My first thought is that God is going to use you for His work in the future. 

Now.. I know what you’re thinking. That God is a sick sick being if He could stop bad things from happening, but He doesn’t because He wants to use you and your life story for His glory. 

Or that He knows what your future holds (because He does) and He knows that without experiencing a certain thing, your life isn’t going to be what it is supposed to be. 

That being said, I am so sorry if you’re reading this and you’ve been through it. 

This is not meant to be hurtful.. but helpful, and maybe leading to more conversations. 

Maybe opening up this topic to more awareness about how real this is, and how horrific the lives that live it or have lived it. 

The links above are some reading material that I found. 

I am including them as information and possibilities to answering parts of our questions and life experiences. 

We may never know why something happened to us. 

But remember, looking back.. even though there’s some pretty terrible crap that goes on, it can and has and WILL lead to something spectacular. You are not your trauma. You are you.. an amazing unique you.