A friend of mine had asked, "do we really care what people think"?I thought about that for a while.During the period where i was searching for an answer I realised something that amazed me and gave me a new found sense of hope.
We grow up wondering what everyone is thinking and whether what we're doing is right or wrong.The question that remains is, who decides what is right and what is wrong?Nobody is perfect enough to point a finger and dismiss the actions of another.So there comes a point of time in our lives where we decide the opinion of only a few matter.The rest?Well, they will continue to judge, continue to watch from afar and question, continue to smile beneath the ugly face of envy.It doesnt matter...If God be with me who can be against me.Its as simple as that.
Someone told me once that i dont speak like a 22 yr old, i smiled to myself.He was right.When i listen to myself and the things i say sometimes, something deep within my very being begins to stir.Sometimes it takes one traumatic experience or maybe a series of them to really shake the very foundation you stand on.Everything you knew to be true everything you knew to be safe, could disappear.The pain you feel could get so intense that you would find it difficult to let the breath escape your body.To ease the strife you might begin to question why.Why did this happen?What did you do to deserve it?How are you ever going to recover.And then we do what everyone is strife does- we remember God.We pray and we say please Lord take this pain away, I cant take it anymore.However, what we really should say is please Lord give me the strength to accept what you give me, give me the strength to feel the pain, for it takes courage to endure, accept and move on.Its amazing how the change in your life could almost be instant.Just a change of a couple of words, just a change of heart.
I've come to a point in my life where i do not question.The good, the bad, it doesnt matter to me.As I know that everything happens for a reason.We might not understand it at that point of time but sometime in the future, the answer is clear to us, the reason for our suffering is right in front of us.Nothing happens when we want it to happen.Things happen when God wills it to happen.The sooner we accept that our life is not in our hands, the better.Sure we have to make the best of the opportunities presented, but they have been "presented".We really have nothing to do with it.What makes a difference in the long run are the decisions that we decide to make, each one either closer to farther away from our true goal - peace, true peace and a sense of well being within ourselves.
The hardest part is letting go.Change can be frightening but it is not until we take those baby steps that we really start to run.We might fall, but our Father is right there, waiting to pick us up.All we need to do is call out to Him.The second you decide to leave it all in His hands and say I trust in You, here is my life, do as You will, be sure that the change in your life will be instant and definite.It is actually so much easier to say I cant take this anymore, "Take my life and let it be, consecrated Lord to thee" (one of my mum's favourite hymns).
So heres what I decided to do ... let go...let go of the pain, of the sorrow, of the tears ,
even the joy...just let go of it all.As I know there will be new pain to feel, new sorrows to endure,new tears to shed, new joys to feel.Every event is special and has its purpose, but we have to learn when to let it go...We have the privilege of walking this earth just once-time is running out, and theres a whole world out there-how much do we know?So the easiest thing to do is take that bagfull of complexities and place it in the hands of God.
I need to make space for the new ones.
We grow up wondering what everyone is thinking and whether what we're doing is right or wrong.The question that remains is, who decides what is right and what is wrong?Nobody is perfect enough to point a finger and dismiss the actions of another.So there comes a point of time in our lives where we decide the opinion of only a few matter.The rest?Well, they will continue to judge, continue to watch from afar and question, continue to smile beneath the ugly face of envy.It doesnt matter...If God be with me who can be against me.Its as simple as that.
Someone told me once that i dont speak like a 22 yr old, i smiled to myself.He was right.When i listen to myself and the things i say sometimes, something deep within my very being begins to stir.Sometimes it takes one traumatic experience or maybe a series of them to really shake the very foundation you stand on.Everything you knew to be true everything you knew to be safe, could disappear.The pain you feel could get so intense that you would find it difficult to let the breath escape your body.To ease the strife you might begin to question why.Why did this happen?What did you do to deserve it?How are you ever going to recover.And then we do what everyone is strife does- we remember God.We pray and we say please Lord take this pain away, I cant take it anymore.However, what we really should say is please Lord give me the strength to accept what you give me, give me the strength to feel the pain, for it takes courage to endure, accept and move on.Its amazing how the change in your life could almost be instant.Just a change of a couple of words, just a change of heart.
I've come to a point in my life where i do not question.The good, the bad, it doesnt matter to me.As I know that everything happens for a reason.We might not understand it at that point of time but sometime in the future, the answer is clear to us, the reason for our suffering is right in front of us.Nothing happens when we want it to happen.Things happen when God wills it to happen.The sooner we accept that our life is not in our hands, the better.Sure we have to make the best of the opportunities presented, but they have been "presented".We really have nothing to do with it.What makes a difference in the long run are the decisions that we decide to make, each one either closer to farther away from our true goal - peace, true peace and a sense of well being within ourselves.
The hardest part is letting go.Change can be frightening but it is not until we take those baby steps that we really start to run.We might fall, but our Father is right there, waiting to pick us up.All we need to do is call out to Him.The second you decide to leave it all in His hands and say I trust in You, here is my life, do as You will, be sure that the change in your life will be instant and definite.It is actually so much easier to say I cant take this anymore, "Take my life and let it be, consecrated Lord to thee" (one of my mum's favourite hymns).
So heres what I decided to do ... let go...let go of the pain, of the sorrow, of the tears ,
even the joy...just let go of it all.As I know there will be new pain to feel, new sorrows to endure,new tears to shed, new joys to feel.Every event is special and has its purpose, but we have to learn when to let it go...We have the privilege of walking this earth just once-time is running out, and theres a whole world out there-how much do we know?So the easiest thing to do is take that bagfull of complexities and place it in the hands of God.
I need to make space for the new ones.
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