I think one of the biggest things I have learned lately, is that sadness/grief/struggle don't necessarily mean something is "wrong". Difficult as those feelings and stages of life are, I think sometimes they are part of the Design.
Like how roses have thorns.... to protect them.
And butterflies need to struggle out of cocoons..... in order to fly.
While thorns could be seen as flaws, and the struggle to emerge could be viewed as a problem, they are actually part of the grand design for their respective creations. Grand design, from a master planner.
I don't know why some things happen the way they do. I wish life didn't involve so many ups and downs and hard times. I have felt crippling grief in my life and often feel burdens pressing in. But I do have faith in my Creator, that He is with me through the struggles, and even as they happen He's finding a way to use them.
Perhaps, despite the discomfort, sometimes the harder elements of life don't need to be fixed, removed, or avoided. They just need to be walked through, with awareness that everything has its season, and one season will move through into the next ... until you can breathe again.
"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven... " Eccl. 3:1
