Sometimes I just have to laugh at people’s facebook statuses… you know the ones about how awesomely blessed their life is because everything is going perfectly and they have awesomely amazing friends who are oh so awesome. Yea those. But if someone dare puts on a status how they’ve had the hardest most difficult weak ever, somehow it has a negative connation. As if they think their life is horrible and that God isn’t faithful. Ok so my words a touch extreme but we all know it is the truth. How could your life possibly be better if it’s hard and difficult than easy? How could you be more blessed than by everything being absolutely perfect?
I have a problem with this mentality. In fact, I think that mentality is a complacent lackadaisical way of living. What is more rewarding, more satisfying, more fun a blowout sports game where one team doesn’t even register on the score board while the other exceeds 100 or a neck and neck fight to the finish with everything you have within you only to barely pull a win out? Any sports fan without a doubt would pick the latter. It’s why in any good romantic movie or book the couple has to fight against some epic odds in order to be with their one true love. It’s not easy and that’s what makes it worth it.
I once read a children’s book where this guy was on an epic journey in order to find an ancient untouched treasure. A man he encountered pitied his efforts. For he thought what a shame it would be if he should find it for his quest would then be over. Then what? No, the journey was the treasure.
An amazingly blessed life perhaps is the treasure and what a pity it would be to have no journey at all. No difficult hardships. It’s those things that make living worthwhile. How can you truly know God’s faithfulness if everything is amazing all the time and perfect. How can you truly appreciate the blessing of a close parking spot or an encouraging note or a beautiful sunrise if everything is always daisy’s and roses in your world.
So why do we feel the need to glorify the idea of a perfect amazing carefree life? And advertise it on Facebook no less?
Which is more heartfelt, the one who praises God because he gives them everything or the one despite the fact that they are in the most difficult time of their live choses to praise God for just being God? Who grows closer, the one who has to depend on God to keep from drowning in the storm or the who is sippin' on a virgin strawberry daiquiri while sitting on the beach with their designer sunglasses and amazing BFF listening to Taylor Swift?
True happiness and joy comes from knowing true difficulties.
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