Today someone mentioned to me, that most of the people that she meets spend a lot of their time feeling miserable. Unfortunately, I think that she is right...
As I look at the world around me, I see so much that says “Oh my Gosh, how did I get here.” We are constantly question are lives, and very few of us can come close to claiming happiness as our own.
We can even see this mirrored in the pop culture that we purchase...pop songs are often sad, and I am yet to find a popular television character that isn’t emotionally screwed up in some way (Heck…ABC has made millions exploiting emotional drama on Thursday nights alone!) … the truth is that most people are sad, most people are broken.
Life hurts sometimes; we all know this.
Where am I going with this? (Hold on, it will make sense)
Tonight, I read Tamar’s story. Tamar was someone who understood disappointment and mistakes…
She had lost two husbands without having any children.
She was cheated.
Promises were broken
She was alone.
So, Tamar made a rash attempt to fix her life. She wanted to get away from feeling miserable, so she sinned. That sin resulted in children.
Tamar, a woman who knew brokenness, sin and disappointment inside and out had twins. Those twins were the result of bad choices and desperation.
This story seems fairly normal…we hear of this kind of thing everyday.
The difference in this story is the fact that one of Tamar’s sons was on one of Jesus’ direct ancestors. The list of people that had a part in the genetics of the Son of God includes Tamar.
What does this mean?
Honestly, I am not entirely sure, but I believe that it is saying that God understands. He chose to bring his son into the world though a path of pain and brokenness. He accepted that disappointment was a part of reality in this world.
It also reminds us that Jesus was sent here in response to the pain. He was sent here in response to the fact that people are so miserable. He came to redeem it…and to make it good.
If you really think about it Tamar’s broken story eventually ends with the story of Jesus. Her painful novel has a happy ending. It comes around in the end.
So just remember…yes, this is a disappointing and incredibly painful life here on planet earth, BUT Christ came in response to the pain. He made it better.
Don’t ever forget that your story will end well…even if this part of it is not what you were expecting.
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