Gloria: Another Like You

 -By Gloria

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.”

Proverbs 3:5-6

Something God has been teaching me over the years is the balance between control and faith.

Many people may already know this, but I lost my mom back in 2015. She was a God-fearing woman with such a deep, unwavering faith, even when she was in physical pain. She was truly the spiritual leader of our family. After she passed, I found myself constantly questioning God and asking why this had happened. In the middle of grief and feeling lost, it felt like I had lost my faith too, yet I was doing everything I could to find it again.

I even went to a Christian college thinking it would automatically bring me closer to God, but it didn’t work the way I expected. I kept trying to control my life and force things to make sense, but over and over, God reminded me that my life isn’t mine to control, it’s His.

Looking back on the past 11 years, the journey has been a mix of everything: sadness and joy, fulfillment and emptiness, calm and chaos. I’m naturally more of a logical thinker, but faith has never really been logical for me, it’s something I feel deep in my heart. Even when I lose hope or feel distant, there’s still this quiet trust that God is with me. No matter the outcome or the questions in my mind, I’m reminded that He has a plan, and my role is simply to trust Him.

Music has always been one of the ways God speaks to me. Sometimes the simplest lyrics remind me of His love and faithfulness. I recently came across a new song, Another Like You by Bethel Music, that perfectly captures what I’ve been feeling over the past few years, especially the chorus. It says:

“There is no one like the Lord our God
You’ve been faithful every day of my life
Oh I could search the world and never find
Another like You, Another like You”

Even when life is hard, even when I try to fill my heart with temporary or worldly things, nothing compares to Him. Even when my faith wavers, He remains faithful every single day of my life.

I don’t know what the future holds, but my hope is to keep trusting Him and living out the truth of that song. And if you’re in a season where things don’t make sense, I hope you’re reminded that God is faithful there too, even when we don’t understand it.