There are many
trade-offs to the hardships that come with constant traveling and moving around. But, in the end we will find ourselves
becoming very interesting people. We will have learned lessons that could not
have been learned otherwise, lessons about other people and lessons about
ourselves. Not everybody has the opportunity to partake of this type of life,
so if we have had such an opportunity, we should be grateful to God for giving
us such a gift. But we must always keep in mind that the joys of moving come as
a package with the sorrows of departing.
There are
many types of lives…from the life of sedentary people who were born and raised
in the city in which they live to the life of nomads who have moved around all
their lives. After considering the different types of life, I have only one
thing to say: We should feel blessed whichever our life is like. Yes, we should
feel blessed, because our lives are unique and precious. We
live through the experiences, adventures and situations that have a potential of
becoming great learning experiences. There
is nothing impossible for God, and His specialty is to turn bad situations
around and to make them a blessing in our lives. We are in this world to grow in holiness and
to experience this wonderful world God has so lovingly created for us. And whatever comes our way, come what may, we
experience exactly the situations we were meant to experience, exactly as we
were meant to experience them. Everything in our lives has a purpose to make us grow; to make our spirit, our mind and our heart
grow; to help us grow in our knowledge and love of God and in our knowledge and
love of our neighbour.
So, no
matter what our life is like, no matter what the situation, we must never fail
to search for what it is that God is teaching us. Let’s take the time and ask ourselves:
·
What can I learn from
this?
·
Where is it taking me?
·
What lessons am I supposed
to be learning?
·
What can I change?
·
How can I be better?
These are all
important questions because they remind us that nothing happens by accident,
everything happens for a reason and everything is perfect.
When we ask
ourselves a question, it is important that we look for an answer. Jesus said,
“Seek and you will find” (Matthew 7:7). If we ask, our minds will find answers
that will help us understand the various situations and different moments of
our lives. Even when a particular situation might be dragging us down and we
barely have the strength to carry on, if we manage to hold on and ask the right
questions, we will soon see wonderful changes changes in
the way we feel, changes in the way we think and changes in the way things
seem. We
will see clearly that things can change in a moment and that there is much to
be learned. Even in the toughest times, we can find the right answers, and the
right approach. We are blessed to have the chance to live through situations
that will give us wisdom and that will mold our character. We are exactly where
we are meant to be.
The
Bible tells us we are citizens of heaven. What a wonderful citizenship to have!
We belong to heaven, and this beautiful world was made for us. How special are
we? How great is God’s love for us? That thought is enough to enable us to feel
special no matter how our lives have been. It is marvelous to know God made
this wonderful world just for us. Understanding that we are citizens of heaven
should be enough to bring a smile to our faces every day of our lives!
Wisdom to
contemplate:
“But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await
a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.”
(Philippians
3:20)
“The earth is the LORD’S and all it holds, the world and
those who live there. For God founded it on the seas, established it over the
rivers. (Psalm 24:1)
