"I'm a good person, so good things should happen to me." I have heard this phrase, or ones similar to this much too often lately. As a whole, our society has this outlook on life..If we are fairly nice people, we try to do the right thing, and don't cause too much trouble, life should be a pretty smooth ride. Oh how lost they are.We don't deserve anything at all. It might seem like a radical idea, but it is so true. If it weren't for Jesus dying on the cross, we would be living this life without any hope for the future. Our current circumstances would mean everything, and our lives would be those full of fear and desperation. And for some people, I guess that is their reality. But for me, I can be full of hope and thanks. I don't deserve anything given to me, and lately God has been showing me just how much he blesses me. This life is so beautiful if we can just have the courage to stop and look around. Look beneath the surface and try to see things differently. When a baby cries, it is a beautiful sound. It's the sound of a new life with so much potential. That young life has an infinite number of lives it can impact and decisions to make. I also believe that an old person who is frail and slow and wrinkled is just as beautiful, though for very different reasons. These people have lived full lives that have affected others while learning about love and relationships. They have made many mistakes but somehow worked through them and went on to prove the fact that life moves on. Everything will be okay eventually. My Heavenly Father has been teaching me these things lately, and I wish others could see the beauty in life as well, because it brings so much joy. What would happen if our society turned from an ungrateful one to one that is full of thanks? What would happen if we put others above ourselves and tried to see beauty around us? What if we all tried to slow down and take some deep breaths? What if we focused on loving Jesus more and loving others more while having faith that everything would work out? I'm willing to bet an unimaginable amount of joy would come to us and because of our strong faith in Jesus to work things out for us, we could finally relax. We couldn't control our lives in the first place. Just some things to think about. <3
-AK
