If I were a doctoral student and had to
write a thesis, I think I know what my topic would be. I have this strange habit of looking at
people everywhere I go and asking myself, “I wonder if they are living the life
they thought or dreamed they would be living?”
Rarely, do I hear the story from another
person that their life turned out just the way they expected, dreamed, planned,
or hoped. Good or bad. Some would say, I never planned to be
divorced; I never dreamed I would have a wayward or distanced child; I never
expected to have a child that would require a different way of life; I never
hoped to be jobless, addicted, alone; I never imagined my loved one would be
taken from me. Others, from time
to time, would say, I am living a life I never deserved – safe, secure, loved,
happy…Both ends of the spectrum evoke a lot of emotion.
God is always good. This world is always fallen. To come to a place of reconciliation
with these two truths, I have taken great comfort and peace in God’s sovereign
right and place to be Lord of my life. Lord means Lord. I am one
of those who believes I am living a life I never
deserved. My heritage and choices
of lifestyle growing up definitely screamed disaster and death. But God
intervened and loved me to Himself as a young newlywed. He literally saved my life – now and
eternally!
Life in Christ is to be lived in this
diseased, unjust, wronged, against, and death-filled world. The preposition “in” is my joy
word. I am in Christ and He is in
me. To give Him the freedom to
live this truth in me is what gives me the joy to say, “I am not living the life
I dreamed, planned, hoped, or expected. Because of Christ, I am living the
better life. No, my circumstances and relationships are not always what I want,
but the “in Christ” allows me to say, “It is well with my soul.”
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