Learning to Move On

i think its safe to say we all know life isn't fair. this week it seemed to take a whole new level of meaning. sometimes what we want we don't get..ever. my friends are learning this and through their frustration i see that we are all impacted by it.

natural disasters for instance. and obviously most recent is Japan. sunday night we were watching footage from it and took all of me to not cry for these people. but then i heard the words in head: "break my heart for what breaks Yours, everything i am for Your kingdom's cause, as i walk from earth into eternity". God's heart is breaking for the people of Japan who died, got hurt, went missing or is now homeless from the tsunami. at first i was impressed with myself for being able to explain how it worked and why the tsunami happened but as the footage went on its not so important as to why or how it happened but what do we do not. we are all God's children and if it happened to us we would want to be helped?

then i look at my friend who just had the worst happen to him. and my heart breaks for him because i've been there. i've gone through it. yet i don't know how to help him when i'm still going through that instance myself. all i know to do is be there for him. except what happens when he doesn't allow it? its just so frustrating sometimes. this thing we call life.

and then there's friendships that die out. for whatever the reason is. it just happens.

there are so many examples of things that aren't fair in life.

but we learn to move on.
was it fair for Jesus to die on the cross for us? to take the ultimate death for us. people He didn't meet face to face 254,870 or so years ago? but He did. and then He moved on with life. sure He rose from the dead and we were all like dayumm! but anyways...

moving on is also a part of life when its not fair. sure it takes time. some more than others. but the first step is allowing yourself to accept the circumstance and then the healing begins. this past week i've learned that i'm not quite ready to move on from things or that i thought i was and i wasn't and things of that nature.

everything will be ok in the end..if its not ok its not the end...

i forget who told me this and sometimes its easier to believe than other times. because usually in those moments you feel as if your world is coming to an end. in the footage the people shot in Japan (home videos) you could hear the people saying "this is it" "this is the end" and oh my dear goodness it broke my heart that they were saying that because these people were essentially saying we are about to die. and i can't even imagine being in that mentality and truly believing it.

so life goes on. and its the lessons we learn that shape who we become. and help us move on in life and truly change the world.

"i see a generation. rising up to take its place. with selfless faith"

my friends..thats us..