Everytime something not-so-good or not-so-wonderful or not-so-happy happens in my life, I’ve always assumed that God was responsible and that He knows what he’s doing, that I just have to trust him and find out sooner-or-later the reason behind that incidence.
I’ve always felt that if I gave enough time, I would eventually understand why He would want that to happen in my life.
Very often, I wouldn’t question why such a thing has happened to me, rather I would analyse to try to find out the reason as to why this needs to happen, in what way He would to want impact my life positively through those incidence.
Recently, I read a book, “The Choice” by OG Mandino and I learnt one of the most valuable lessons of my life.
The truth, God never decides for us how our life should run. That’s a misconception, I feel. God gives us options along our journey in life. We shape how our life is going to be based on the choices we make. The power is in our hands. We decide what we want to do, how we want to feel, how we want to view things, we decide how we want our life to be, not Him.
God loves us more than we can comprehend that what we want is more important to him than what He wants, and that is the truth. He would never impose unto us something we don’t want.
Yes, if we could, we would avoid anything that would hurt or break us. But if it happens, instead of breaking down and wallowing in self-pity, instead of falling into depression and feeling unworthy and unappreciated, the CHOICE is ours on how we are going to view it. When something bad happens, it is up to us view it more as a chance to explore our options and CHOOSE what is best for us. It is up to us, to remember that our life is more important than some silly bad incidence.
The CHOICE will always be ours to not let anything interfere with us living our life the best way we can.
Very often, we misinterpret “Living like there’s no tomorrow” as “Living without consequences”. Only recently, I discovered that “Living like there’s no tomorrow” is “Living our ONE life the best way we can”.
To not be afraid of unfamiliar chances, to not be afraid to make mistakes, to not be afraid to take risks, to not be afraid to love even if they don’t love you back, to not be afraid to get hurt
To get back up when we fall, to look at the many blessings and beautiful things in life, to love like there’s no tomorrow.
When we believe in this and practise this, it’s hardly unlikely that we’ll lead a miserable life.
So, for all you broken people out there, it’s not too late. You can still come out of this. You can still come out of feeling unworthy, unappreciated, hurt, damaged or depressed. Our life is of utmost important.
Let’s not let others control how we feel. Even someone as beautiful as God doesn’t want to control it, why should we let people smaller than Him control our life then.
Good luck to you and to me!
I’ve always felt that if I gave enough time, I would eventually understand why He would want that to happen in my life.
Very often, I wouldn’t question why such a thing has happened to me, rather I would analyse to try to find out the reason as to why this needs to happen, in what way He would to want impact my life positively through those incidence.
Recently, I read a book, “The Choice” by OG Mandino and I learnt one of the most valuable lessons of my life.
The truth, God never decides for us how our life should run. That’s a misconception, I feel. God gives us options along our journey in life. We shape how our life is going to be based on the choices we make. The power is in our hands. We decide what we want to do, how we want to feel, how we want to view things, we decide how we want our life to be, not Him.
God loves us more than we can comprehend that what we want is more important to him than what He wants, and that is the truth. He would never impose unto us something we don’t want.
Yes, if we could, we would avoid anything that would hurt or break us. But if it happens, instead of breaking down and wallowing in self-pity, instead of falling into depression and feeling unworthy and unappreciated, the CHOICE is ours on how we are going to view it. When something bad happens, it is up to us view it more as a chance to explore our options and CHOOSE what is best for us. It is up to us, to remember that our life is more important than some silly bad incidence.
The CHOICE will always be ours to not let anything interfere with us living our life the best way we can.
Very often, we misinterpret “Living like there’s no tomorrow” as “Living without consequences”. Only recently, I discovered that “Living like there’s no tomorrow” is “Living our ONE life the best way we can”.
To not be afraid of unfamiliar chances, to not be afraid to make mistakes, to not be afraid to take risks, to not be afraid to love even if they don’t love you back, to not be afraid to get hurt
To get back up when we fall, to look at the many blessings and beautiful things in life, to love like there’s no tomorrow.
When we believe in this and practise this, it’s hardly unlikely that we’ll lead a miserable life.
So, for all you broken people out there, it’s not too late. You can still come out of this. You can still come out of feeling unworthy, unappreciated, hurt, damaged or depressed. Our life is of utmost important.
Let’s not let others control how we feel. Even someone as beautiful as God doesn’t want to control it, why should we let people smaller than Him control our life then.
Good luck to you and to me!
