The normal reaction to bad news or situations is to go into a form of shock. Your rational senses go almost numb because you are unable to process such a strange happening. Fear usually rushes in and depending upon your faith you may feel temporarily hopeless until you gather your senses.
Those who have little to no faith are left “out there” to the forces that may be present in their minds. Having nothing to rely upon despair usually sets in and it may feel as though you are walking through a very dense fog. It is like being a zombie. You are alive and breathing, but not mentally present. How long this state might last is up to the individuals.
Such an event could be a life-changing moment. Many have been known to reach out to the faith community and actually find something there that is comforting. They are invited into a network of people that choose to believe in the divine and in an unseen world within the one they live.
If one is fortunate enough to discover this unseen world their lives are usually forever changed from that day forth. They find out that no matter what, they are not alone in the world, as it may have appeared before the event. Albeit the faith community of believers or the unknown and unseen God, they find a safety net that was well worth finding.
Obviously not everyone discovers this safety cushion from just one catastrophic event. Some hit a wall several time and still do not surrender to the Great Teacher of life. For whatever reason they continue to believe that they are somehow above the unseen forces that control life.
Those that are belligerent and bullishly stubborn are simply turned over to their own ignorant devices. They are left to the reprobate mind that becomes their God.
When a child refuses the wise and gentle council of a parent all the parent can do is let the superior forces of life take its own course. One thing is certain: no mortal being is beyond the unseen forces that life presents. They may run, but there is no place to hide.
Enough of the dark side, for I bring you a message of hope and good cheer. When life takes those unexpected turns it is usually to teach you lessons that you would not otherwise learn. It is one thing to teach someone something that they have never known, but another when they are somehow compelled to experience it in life.
Perhaps a parent told their child not to touch something that was hot and the child never touched what the parent cautioned them against. Was the lesson learned simply by the cautioning of the parent? One could say the child learned how to be obedient, but it is questionable as to whether the child actually learned the consequence of touching something hot. On the other hand if the child insists upon touching something hot and was burned, that child would know within its own mind the consequence of touching something that is hot. I dare say the lesson was truly learned.
In life we do not always have the love and guidance of loving parents to teach us all the nuances that come with living. Many tough lessons come to us long after we are past our youth. The Great Teacher shows up, but many times the pupil is not ready to be taught. For those the lessons become stiffer and the consequences may become even greater. One thing is certain; life is patient, only because its Creator loves us. However, if you are unwilling to submit to divine authority your fate is of your own choosing.
A simple word to the wise… when life takes an unexpected turn take note and inquire of the Teacher, “What lesson am I to learn from this episode?” The Teacher always shows up when the pupil is ready to accept and to learn in earnest, for what is in you will rise to the occasion when the times call for it. If you have nothing in you don’t expect anything to come from you.
While the sun is shining it would be a good time to store up the essentials you might need on the rainy days. –WORD-
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