Only the actor Jack Nicolas to me is a person who
can pull that line off. It’s making
light of a tragic situation. It’s
saying, “I did not ask to be in this situation.”
It’s when a tragedy happens in our life and it
steals our innocence. There is a
difference from tragedy and trials/hardships.
A woman explained that to me where her son was molested by a family
friend they trusted.
Job called his friends miserable comforters, but the
Lord lead Job to pray for his friends, because they were only citing their
religious error of the time which is calamity comes in our lives due to sin in
our lives.
We have the example of when David and all his men
lost their wives, children and possessions.
At first they cried and cried and then they wanted to kill David. David encouraged himself in the Lord and then
he took the men that were strong enough to go with him to take back what the
enemy had stolen from him.
Abraham too when he rescued his
nephew Lot and his family. In fact,
because of Abraham, Lot’s life was saved twice.
God told Abraham to leave his house so Lot ended up coming along.
There is also this one part in the movie that the
main character Carter played by Morgan Freeman says, “When you go to heaven can
you say that you lived your life in joy, and that you brought joy to others?”
I can’t think of anything better than bringing joy to others in life. It’s like “Make a Wish Foundation” that bring
joy to children who are terminally ill. I
think it’s wonderful to have a customer or a person say to me, “You made my day
today.”
My
former spouse said that I brought joy to his heart after the trauma of
losing a son and his college sweetheart - going through a divorce. He squeezed every bit of fun out of life from sun up to sun down. He lived his life with passion knowing his chronic asthma could make his life short.
Many
people need their souls restored in life due to trauma. When I first
became a Christian I prayed that scripture Psalm 23 -- the Lord restores
my soul because of a breakup of my son's father and me. Same prayer
when I went through a divorce.
It
tells us in God's word in John "Beloved I wish you prosper and be in
health even as your soul prospers." So it seems that our soul prospering
affects our financial and physical well being.
Dear
friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well
with you, even as your soul is getting along well. 3 John 1:2
I
can say right now that "It is well with my soul." It may not always be
well with my flesh and far as I'm not in a marriage relationship like I
wanted to be with my spouse, and it's not well with my circumstances as
far as I went from a two-person
income and now I'm down to zero, but it's well with my soul.
When I worked at IUPUI (university), there was a
former faculty person like that who had such a bright sense of humor when I
first started there – there were many days she made my day. Her name was Mary Ellen Reed, she passed away
from cancer a few years ago.
Another faculty person who made my day right after my
husband passed away was my computer graphic professor Dan Baldwin. His corny jokes actually made me feel better
going to class 2 l/2 weeks after I lost my spouse.
Laughter has been one of the best medicines I’ve
had.
A
cheerful heart is good medicine, but a
crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22
I remember watching a lot of comedy with my
parents. Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason,
Carol Burnett, Laugh-in, W.C. Fields, The Little Rascals, The Three Stooges,
and I Love Lucy. I always liked slap
stick comedy and read the cartoon section in the Indianapolis Star as a
child.
The Lord told me he has me on a detour road
since I lost my husband so I’m seeking him for what he has called me to
do. What was neat about being married to
my husband is that he encouraged me to follow my dreams to finish my degree in
college and ministries for the Lord I wanted to get involved in which was a
teen prison ministry. He bought me a
amplifier and electrified my guitar for my music ministry.
When Paul said that it’s better to be single to
serve the Lord since it’s without distraction, it can be better unless we have
a person who understands us serving God.
When God called people out it was usually like Moses
wanted Aaron and far as Paul and Barnabas were called out together as a team
for the gospel.
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy
Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul (Paul) for the work to
which I have called them." Acts 13:2
Faith is trusting God even when we don’t understand
all the answers to those “why” questions.
Why did this tragedy happen to me?
It tells us that the life we live, live by the faith of the son of God who loved us, and gave his life for us.
My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer
I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting
in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20
I started working on a kick the bucket list six years old as far as I jumped the highest bungy jump in the world
in Queenstown, New Zealand in 2009 which I always
wanted to bungy jump, and I
learned to scuba diving so I could dive at the Great Barrier Reef in
Australia when two of my adult children lived there for three years.
There also
have been several single ministries I have been involved with as far as
feeding the homeless, leading worship for singles and hosting single
socials at my house. I’ve been living my life now like these are my last days. The
minister Kerry Shook said that when we are ready to die, than we are truly
ready to live.
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