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With all of these government and personal woes that have grown ever greater in our lives, I have noticed so much sadness in so many eyes. So many losing jobs, so many losing homes and the lives they have been tirelessly building. These days are sad days for so many, but I have something that may help give some strength in your soul and some calmness in your heart. If you feel life is spiraling out of control and you are dwindling to an unforeseen voyage into the unknown, please take the time read on. I myself have been past the edge of never and been to end of forever and just wanted one more day. These are the thoughts that broke me through and helped build the strength in me.
It is the worst of times and the best of times that one’s heart and beliefs are put to a test. So many wonder what it is that helps someone go through such horrible things such as the Holocaust, or Rwanda or little Caylee. The truth is, I have been to countless churches through my life and everyone there speaks of faith and belief, but when the smallest of turmoil’s hit their lives, they falter and blame, and accuse. All the lessons and teachings of the Bible have withered away and the arrogant belief that they don’t deserve this takes hold.
Nature has so many attributes that are pure. In nature there are no lies, no excuses, no blame and no reason other than the fact that it is nature. It is nature that a young fawn is attacked by a cougar, it is nature that a baby bird before it can be hatched is swallowed by a snake it is nature that forest burn and mountains crumble. It is also nature that blooms wild flowers, births young wolves and lies before the world sunsets and sunrises. Good and Bad nature accepts and lives in something I rarely see in human lives, faith.
To live in faith is to live a life unlike any around you, to sit in the face of turmoil and pain and just lift your feet and accept the outcomes. This does not mean you shouldn’t try to change things or make things right, but when that pivotal moment that decides the outcome faith is all you need. When the answer is there, take a deep breath and focus on what to do now. Focus on Faith and continue to try, and even if you fail time and time again, realize the amount of strength you are building within yourself with each failure. Sometimes the forest burn, and maybe your forest will burn, but nature has shown us one thing, through the devastation and through the blackened reality that surrounds it, in time a single seed sprouts and then another and so on. The forest will rebuild, nature will continue to take and give and we should do as nature and believe.
All the hero’s and victims of the world prayed and hoped and found a truth within themselves at those pivotal moments. They were no better or worse, no stronger or weaker, they were born with the exact same structure and love God gives everyone.
Maybe your heart is broken today, and lost yet once again, but maybe this time your faith in you and your faith in God has given you the strength and understanding to smile this morning. A voyage into the unknown and this is a time… of faith.
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To trust and love God will bring you joy. I lost my first grandson, Jackson, just days before he was born. There was a knot in the cord and when he dropped it cut off the supply from his mother. We wished Jackson were here with us but my son and daughter in law were raised to know God and understand that we must accept what happens and trust that God knows why even if we don’t. My son Paul, at the memorial, reminded everyone that God gave us his only Son, Jesus Christ who died for all us so that we may have the opportunity to be with Jackson at some future date. He also said Jackson is in the best daycare ever. Thanks for hearing my story. Don’t ever blame God; he puts us here and we are to make the best of it and someday we will understand why all things happen.
Comment by Linda Joyner-Jones August 6, 2009 @ 5:45 pm