The words "No Matter What" have been a reoccurring phrase in my life for quite a while. It pops up in things I read, songs that I sing (and note, I don't sing good, but I turn everything into a song, just ask my friends!) and most vividly, the words "No Matter What" pop in my head all the time. (that is God sending me little persistent nudges/reminders) that NO MATTER WHAT happens or doesn't happen, it will be okay.
It is a promise.Now, that doesn't mean that things will be easy, on the contrary, things just might be tougher once you have settled on that promise but it allows you and will remind you to manage and handle things much better.
Right now, I have a close friend who is hurting and my heart is broken for her right next to her broken heart. As I type these words, I find myself full of emotion, empathy, sadness and more love for her than I can describe. At the same time, the frustration and confusion for the situation makes me fussy (it is like the mothers horns that come out when someone hurts your child) and I don't know exactly what to do for her but to just be there. To listen, to pray with and for, to support and to be a friend.
That's all I can and should so because God can and will do the rest.
When things occur and you want to strike out and protect those who are hurt, you can't. You have to be strong and courageous for them, even when, way down at your inner core you find it hard to not be mad, furious and protective. It is down in that very same place that you KNOW what you need to do...
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. Prov. 3:5
and hang your trust on the fact that no matter what, it will be okay.