The Hard Things

Being an adult comes with hard things. Being an adult comes with hard things, and knowing that there are hard things doesn't help. The only thing that makes doing hard things easier is doing hard things. 

The problem is that there are hard things and then there are Hard things. Talking to your 9 year old son about sex is a hard thing, but watching cancer eat your father is a Hard thing.

Pushing your 6' 100lb father in a wheelchair to an oncology appointment is a hard thing, but lifting your father's lifeless body out of the passenger seat of a car to lay him on the ground is a Hard thing. 

Telling your mom to call 911 is a hard thing, but taking the phone from her because she is unintelligible and giving the address to the 911 operator while performing CPR is a Hard thing. 

Explaining the options the doctor has laid out to your mother and siblings is a hard thing, but telling the doctor to remove life support is a Hard thing.  

Watching a loved one die is a hard thing, but praying over your father as you watch the last beats of his heart is a Hard thing. 

 Being an adult is a hard thing, but being an adult that loves and cares for his family is a great thing. If you avoid the hard things in life you will never grow as a person. There are certain things you can expect to deal with in life, and you can make all the plans you want, but the Hard things never happen when you are ready for them. 

Trust in God to carry you when your feet will no longer move. Trust in Him to move the mountains in your path. Know that God is real, and He cares for you. 

2 Samuel 22:3 KJV — The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.