LIFE'S OTHER CHOICES

Those are the ones that always seem to happen to others. When they involve bad situations one might not feel upset over not experience the event.

However, if they are good, then we might tend to feel a need to wonder why the blessings came to somebody else and not us. Just a normal element of human nature.

And it is made even more complicated if we feel the person doesn't deserve the blessing. That always leads to less that good feelings.

I do know that we do make decisions that contribute to our consequences both good and bad. And how we are very good and not wanting to admit when it was a bad choice and we made a mistake.

This is all part of human nature, which we don't necessarily enjoy admitting. I also don't thing most of us relish celebrating our failures either.

We might be inclined to look for what lessons that will help us not make the same mistake again, but otherwise we probably savor not thinking about the errors. Just moving on to the next part of life.

This is a process of discovery at times. Some times to the good, others not. Which is all part of our journey at times.

I think the hard part for me is always coping more with the times that faithfulness brings some form of grief. You do the best you can to do what God want and bad follows.

That can really be demoralizing. And honestly it really does rip at one's spirit so much. We just feel the pain from disappointment.

I can think of the times I have ask the Lord why when things turned out like that. It just never makes any sense.

I wish I could say the answers came when I wanted or in a way that in a way that I preferred, but it doesn't happen that way. God's spirit does convey light, but I can be too blinded by shadows.

So I don't truly find myself always coming away understanding or appreciating that particular situation. Not at first.

It takes longer to make sense. And in the end when I do understand it often makes me go, darn I wish I had seen that before, but at time it is very obvious.

I savor the learning experience once it is clear. Then I can look back and am able to appreciate better why life's other choices weren't always the best in my situation. It can be a quiet discovery, but so loud in the spirit.