A Tale of Two Lives Turned

I typically tend to write blogs about things that I love to critique (which include myself particularly) and the people surrounding that situation. One thing I've noticed however is that I don't balance it with a positive business and subsequently people have grown to believe I'm bitter and don't think there are any good things in the church or in the world. While I will critique a bit here, I want to focus on some things that my friends have shown me that continually prove God and His graciousness.

True love. It's self-sacrifice. That's the best definition I think anyone can give in the English language for the phrase "true love." While the lovely lady I currently have at my side is an amazing example of that, I actually want to concentrate on another woman I know and what she's done.

This woman (whom I rarely see anymore) truly is one living out Biblical attributes. True love and self sacrifice are most definitely in her dictionary and while her naivety sometimes gets in the way of this, I can't help but be mesmerized by her willingness and longing to do otherwise. A quick example: whenever her friends have problems/issues, she drops everything in the world that's important to her, turns 90 degrees towards the important one and concentrates solely on their well being. This truly lives out 1C13 (1 Corinthians 13:4-8).

I'm in continued astonishment of her questioning of everything in Bible and everywhere else in the world. Sometimes she'll come to me regarding these issues but only because my input is just an opinion for her to use in making her OWN decisions. She knows I'm not the utmost authority on... well just about everything... but knows that because I'm older, that I may be able to help her along in her journey through life. It's people like this that make me thank God for coming down and saving those who repent and trust through Christ's atoning work.

Another thing that amazes me about those who've been hurt (the ones that I know) is their true resilience. I have a guy friend who's gone through alot of family issues. Needless to say, anger and bitterness has found it's place in his heart. Within the past few years however, he's allowed himself to be humbled by slowly bleeding out this resentment and turning it into forgiveness. While things continue to neither advance nor slow with him, I can see his willingness and humility (in spite of how much few see the real him) start to show on his exterior and if he keeps it up, there's no telling how many people he can help in His namesake.

While I could continue to write this forever (seemingly), I think I should stop here simply because this is enough. I could sing praises all day long regarding these people but their significance is best played through short verses and anonymously so that others can use this as encouragement if they're going through the same thing. While this may be different than what I normally write, I know this will get to someone. To you, I want to say this: find out why we're here; follow your conscience; and you won't go wrong.