We have all heard the great “sayings” that are parents told thru the years… “What doesn’t kill you can only make you stronger” or “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade”! But… what do we do when those amazing life changing statements don’t work?!
What happens to us when these great “Ideas” don’t work? When religion, or Dali Lama, or Buddha, or Hinduism or Mormonism or any izm doesn’t work?? What about when God or Jesus doesn’t work, what do we do?
In my life I have seen some amazing things… as a child I actually watched my mom pray for a lady; this women had a leg inches shorter then the her other leg – as my mother prayed, her leg grew to equal to the other; I watched this with my own eyes!
I have watched skin cancer fall off of people as others prayed; I have witnessed eyes that were blind, see – I have watched as deaf people have heard; I have talked to demons, many times; I have watched the presence of God, or something, come in a room of thousands and NO one could move – for hours, really!
But, more often… I have seen people die when you don’t think they should; I have seen and lived in poverty beyond the human mind – I have prayed for thousands that never see an answer or at least an answer they want. I have seen deaf ears, stay deaf, and blind eyes stay blind – both physically and spiritually… I have seen dead people stay dead.
So, what do we do when life doesn’t work? Do we get ticked off and isolate ourselves? Maybe? Do we become bitter and angry and understand people just do not get us? Do we do what I have done and made their mantra the new great country song; “God is great, beer is good and people are crazy”?! (A lot of truth, but, we are all crazy)
Or… do we keep getting up. Do we continue to believe anyway; do we understand that we will probably never get over ourselves and never get fully “Healed”, and, are we ok with that?
Paul, in the New Testament, cried out 3 times to get healed, and never was. Most likely, either will you! Can you live with that or just keep yelling, cussing, blaming God and others? You are broken; thank God! You do not have what you deserve; thank God! And, you probably never will – if you do, no one could trust you or believe you – thank God!!
If things aren’t working out, then…
Always give life. If you are not giving life, you will feel dead. Your spouse or friends will not, cannot, respect you; and, you will feel all alone and want to die. Welcome to the crowd; and a good crowd it is…
