EDGE OF HAPPY

Life dangling on a precipice of laughter. Hoping you won't fall off. Praying it will be perfect and last. Which it never seem to actually do.

But we try just the same. To find a place for smile even when enduring some location where smiles are hard to come by.

That can be so difficult and demanding at times. A joy for us to if we find the right balance and a disaster in progress when we don't.

Life has its mazes of experiences where we will wander and easily get lost. So many times we are helped in the process by those who think they have all the answers in life.

Of course I think the one thing that is true is none of us is so blessed. And even though God does have the knowledge of all things he doesn't necessarily grant us the same privilege.

Happiness is one of those fickle elements of life. What makes one person happy is not the same as what gives another person joy.

And what is equally true is that God views the subject completely different than the rest of us. For his frame of reference is not based strictly on our values.

He will know what is best for us and will grant us the greatest blessing in the long run. But that doesn't mean it will necessarily be related to our idea of priorities.

So at times it is easy to get confused on the times we think we will be happy if one event takes place and in reality it isn't good for us in the long run. God will always touch us in the way that truly blesses even though we may not see it at the time.

Such is the nature of life. It truly is a challenge to be brought to some place that we feel our world is going to collapse if a given event ruins our idea of happiness.

But the question that is hard to appreciate is that this might happen to teach us when we are too dependent on a given source of entertainment or pleasure. If it has become a god then we need to understand who the Lord would in love seek to help us realize this.

How often I have seen where I certain situation that I thought would be the end of the world really was not as tragic as I first worried. That is what I have found to be so true in many occasions.

Not that I always understood or appreciated it at the time. For time is sometimes required before such truths come to our spirit. And if we listen and wait, trusting to the Lord his wisdom will truly be revealed.

It might not be easy to wait in some cases if we are hurting, but hopefully we don't forget God's love in the process.