One of my all time fav movies “Forrest Gump” had this line “My mama always said ‘life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.'”. I loved this line, cuz it was true – sometimes you chanced on the good choc, sometimes you picked the bad ones and sometimes the ones that were not bad… And if you were unlucky enough to pick a bad one, the best way to get over was swallow it or get rid of it and then eat a good one. This is where life was not as simple :), you couldn’t just have a bad experience and then have a good experience and forget about it.. The bitterness from the bad would always be there, even if ever so slightly. And this is where God has to help us.
My sister has been my best friend growing up and I remember her tell me once when we were kids that if I was mean to her she would forgive me but she wouldn’t forget it. I always remembered that and so tried to behave my best, did goof ups still but tried :). As an adult, I find that what she said was actually true at least when I grew up that’s how it turned out. I forgave as in no grudge etc. but forgetting was not easy to do. This is where I pray each day to God to help me forget because unless I forget, perhaps I’m not truly forgiving. After all, in those moments when I chance upon memories of any bad experience, the hurt feels exactly the same.
I guess this ties in to the nature of us that Satan loves to tempt us with, show what we don’t have and lose sight of what we do have. I mean, we know that the serpent tempted Eve with the one fruit that she couldn’t have – not the many others that she had available. Right now, in my life – I can look at what I don’t have – a close circle of friends, but I instead choose to focus on what I do have and that a heavenly Father who loves me and teaches me something new each day, a loving husband who understands me and is my best friend, a loving family back home who is always praying for me and who loves me dearly and my dear best friends far away physically but who I know are always just a phone call away at the end of the day.
So I remind myself, Life is good, I need to keep my eyes on Him and the things above this world and give thanks for what He has blessed me with on this world and I know He will provide all that I need at the right time. Praise God!
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