When I was 14, I was beginning to have an inkling that maybe life wasn't going to turn out quite how I had planned it, but it still seemed that it couldn't really be that different from what I expected.
When I was 16, I realized that yes, it could be that different. But maybe that was okay.
Now, I've realized that life will be nothing like what I ever expected it to be. Sometimes it will be so wonderful that it surpasses anything I ever imagined, sometimes it will just be bizarrely different, and sometimes it will seem so hellish that I'll wonder why God just stopped caring about me or anyone I love.
But He never does.
There is good that comes out of even the most awful things.
The love people have for each other will never fail to make any burden lighter.
Even when it feels like the world is caving in around you, like all you can do is sink into the ground and cry, it will pass. Thinking of that isn't necessarily going to do a thing right at that moment to ease the pain in your heart or the tears you're drowning in, but someday it really will pass, and you really will be stronger. It might seem like the coldest sort of comfort, but hang on. Hang on to something. Hang on to those you love. Hang on to God.
You will survive.
God actually does know what He is doing, even though sometimes it seems like, well...He doesn't. But He does, and He's known what He's doing long before the beginning of eternity. Trust, and beg, and pray, even when it seems hopeless.
It never is. Never.
Life is twisted and strange and oddly beautiful, and what seemed like the greatest curse can often turn out to be the greatest blessing.
2 comments:
Thank you for writing and sharing this it is absolutely beautiful!
You are so right life should be measured in love.
I think that "growing up" thing has just struck me recently. When did I grow up and how? And wow life sure didn't pan out the way I thought but it certainly isn't bad, just different.
Have a beautiful day!
Jessica
That was beautiful, Ivy.
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