Life

A lady bug crawling up a thread of grass. Birds soaring through the sky. A babies first steps. A song from the heart. The beauties of life. A shattered heart. Last goodbyes. Unexplained madness. The aches of life. Life. So beautiful, yet so tragic. Imagine this for me, A young girl standing on the beach. The ocean waves gently splashing against her little legs as she giggles with joy. The vastness of the waters spread out as far as the eye can see. The bright sun softly setting behind the horizon. The colors bursting across the sky as if they were carefully brushed from one end of the sky to the other by a magnificent artist. The voices of the birds making a lovely melody with the crashing waves. Peace. Nothing but a picture perfect view and peace. Everything seems to be just fine for the young girl at play. Not a care in the world, until the settings change. The skies turn grey and the waves turn mean, creating a whirlpool of disaster. Hear the thunder roar as lightening creates a light show in the once peaceful sky. Fear strikes deep down into the little girls soul as she runs from the madness of the approaching storm. To safety. But alas she did not quite reach the safety of the dry shore before being whisked away into the troubled seas. Struggling to break through the currents, the young girl is sure that she may breathe her last. Suddenly, a glimpse of light appears through the murky water. Pulling her out of the water a voice hushens her fears saying, "Be still my dear. Your life guard walks on water". Though this story is fiction the plot is very much true in our own everyday lives. We see the beauty of the obvious, but we often overlook the hidden beauties. Matthew 18:2-4 says this, "And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." The idea of having a child in the sea rather than an adult is that we as Christians are called to have a child like faith. When trouble arose in the sea, the girls first instinct was to run to safety on the shore. As Christians when trouble or distress in our daily lives arise our first instinct should be to run to God. Instead we tend to do the exact opposite. The young girl struggled a little until she was saved and began to lose hope, thinking her final breaths were being taken. Which is how we react in our hard times. What we foolishly forget is that God never leaves us, nor forsakes. Whether we are drowning in the ocean or scrapping our knees on the cement, God is always waiting with His arms held open wide ready to embrace us with His unfailing Love! Life is great and we all at times pray for what we want rather than what we need and what we think we need may often be what we actually want. When those things aren't granted to us or troubles arise, the beautiful skies and peaceful seas we find beauty in, turn into the stormy seas that frightened the little girl. Life is amazing until troubles arise and we feel the water encasing us in a trap that feels impossible to escape. Hard times drag us to the bottom of the ocean floor and tie us down. The good news is the same that saved the little girl. Our life guard walks on water! No matter how far down the craziness of life drags us down, God's hand will be right above us to pull us through the storm. That is the beauty we often miss when we are so focused on what is wrong, rather than how God is going to carry us through this. In our little mess we are forgetting how greatly we are blessed ;) Moral of the story, don't forget to enjoy life even in hard times. Look at your surroundings and notice the change in scenery. The little things!