There is no escaping life’s toils- remember the words ‘you can run but you cant hide’? ‘What has missed us hasn’t necessarily passed us’? And ‘there’s a first time for everything’? Well, for some troubles may be short lived for others life may seem life a nightmare that just won’t end. Some people even have things worst, their situation may be short lived but constantly repetitive. I am not making reference to situations that are trivial or some how called upon ourselves. I’m talking about a birth defect, being a target of misery, being hated for NO REASON what so ever, being wronged by someone we probably never thought was capable of such.

Anyway, enough with the definition. My question to you is does it mean that God doesn’t love us or loves us any less than the next man if we are born blind, deaf or dumb, are subject to mockery and ridicule, are suffering multiple emotional blows? Does it really?

Personally, I know that everything in my life serves a purpose. It may be hard at first to realize this purpose but there is one, I TRUST THAT. It just takes a little time sometimes. Which brings me back to my piece on Optimism, sometimes we’re too busy and caught up in moping around about the tragedy behind door A that we fail to realize that door B has opened wide with opportunities for us. No one, and certainly not God, promised that life was going to be easy for any of us (the blind, the deaf, the crippled, the weak, the ridiculed, the well, the healthy etc.). All that is indeed promised is that we will be granted the patience and the endurance to cope, to get by, to get through every obstacle, every rough patch, and every mountain.

That being said, I’m sure there is no doubt in your mind as to my stance. But just for reassurance sake- Absolutely no hurdle- no matter how big or small- is an indication of how much God loves us or whether he loves us at all. In situations like these it is important to remember that God gives us Trials and the devil gives us Temptations. God is trying our patience but the devil is trying to get us to quit and give up hope. Another thing we should bare in mind that we hear all too often ‘God will never give us anything to great for our aptitude.’

So if ever there comes a time when you are ready to doubt your God’s love then know it’s just another temptation from the devil. He is only trying to make you weak and to lower you into his deviant ways. The smartest thing to do is to talk to your God. My granny used to tell me that God is my friend; talk to him just as I would talk to any other friend, there is no need for unnecessary formalities.

Here’s a sample from a religious song ‘Farther Along’ that exemplifies my point to a T:

“Tempted and tried we’re oft’ made to wonder
Why it should be thus all the day long
While there are others living about us
Never more rested, going along
Farther along we’ll know more about it
Farther along we’ll understand why
Cheer up my brother live in the sunshine
We’ll understand it all by and by”

God loves him and her, you and I and there isn’t two ways about it.

xoxo…Blessings!