(~) Open Doors / Closed Doors
Let's talk about doors. Oh, not the doors that separate your garage from
your kitchen, but doors those come into your life unexpectedly. And once
theyre closed, theyre closed. You can storm and plead and sob and call to
no avail. They separate you from home and from loved ones; they force you
to make radical adjustments, to leave your secure comfort zone; they cause
pain and confusion, depression and doubt.
As you're cooking supper you hear a siren a couple of blocks over. If you
stop and think about it, someone out there has just had a door opened . .
.. or closed. You glance at the obituary column in the paper . . . doors
have been closed.There's the list of graduating seniors, and your son's
name is there. You re so proud of him! Yes, doors to the future have been
opened, but doors have been closed, too. There's going to be a vac ant
room at your house now and life will be different. There are four aspects
to these "life-changing" doors:
(1) They are COMMON to all of us. None of us are immune. Every one of you
could write a story...
(2) They are PERSONAL. Your experiences are unique to you. Never are all
points equal, though they may be similar. And it doesn't help to hear the
old Indian adage about "walking in someone else's moccasins for two weeks"
.. . . or two years for that matter.
(3) They are INTENSE. There are different levels of intensity, some more
severe than others, but what is labeled as "intense" for you could well be
where someone else walks every day. Does that make it any less intense for
you? No. Pain is relative.
(4) They all open for us a CAPACITY for growth, for when a door closes,
you CHOOSE the direction you will take.
We can't escape them. They will come. And when they do, we have one hope
.. . only one. We must KNOW Him. We must be so confident of our
relationship with Him that nothing will shake it. We must trust Him.
Ninure Saunders aka Rainbow Christian
http://Rainbow-Christian.tk
The Lord is my Shepherd and He knows I'm Gay
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