One must face life with a spirit of gratitude. There is less and more in this world. And troubles abound. And it is so easy to point your finger at God and say, “Why!?” There is no disputing the world is unfair but the only way to face it (???) with love and gratitude toward the Maker.
Thank Him for all your blessings. God does not owe you anything. Sometimes your basket is half empty and other times it is half full. Everything in your life is by grace and the only way to face it is to have a spirit of gratitude.
It is too easy to rail at God for disappointing you. The only solution is to thank God for all your blessings and trials. Life is, indeed, precious so face it with courage and again gratitude. That is, truly, the only way.
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It is a four letter word — “pain”. That more than anything in my life has initiated change. My pastor yesterday related the story of Noah and the flood and of course the ark. He said the storm comes first, then the promises of God represented by the rainbow. Another way of saying the same thing is that God will always take care of you. The 23rd Psalm states, ‘I will walk you through the shadow of death’, — not around but through. Ecclesiastes, the book in the Bible written by King Solomon says, ‘Bad things happen even to good people.’ Storms always come or trials which is another way of saying the same thing. Then the rainbow follows, which represents the promises of God. God never forsakes us. You never are able to see the big picture: ‘God has set eternity in our lives’ (Ecclesiastes, again). Life does not always make sense nor is it always fair. If you insist on all that, you will torture yourself unnecessarily. Pain and trials always come. If your life ran smoothly all the time not only would your life be boring but there would be no need to ever learn how to overcome problems. And trials and pain and tragedy come to each person. No one is exempt. And again, life is never fair. And that is how we learn. Through those trials (and the accompanying pain that follows).
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