In our journeys of life’s ambitions business and cares; be it in a ministry, money-making and/or marriage affairs, we create our own stories daily.
And although each person’s journey of life can depict a variety of storylines, the paintings of people’s previous lives can be simply seen and viewed as a single, framed image of bliss or as a framed collage painted narrative with many pictorial representations of privileges, and good events or even troubles and issues of life. And, it can be integrated.
However, the stories of people’s actual struggles and temptations, joy and happiness, as well as stories of grace and mercy, are only occasionally shared as they have actually happened, often complete with the associated feelings, sufferings, scars, and wounds.
I have seen and experienced firsthand how, some people who have carried a great deal of emotional agony in their spirit begin to physically lose many things; eventheir mortal attractiveness.
But according to the Scriptures, the best insurance policy for every follower of Christ against such storms, hardness, issues, and troubles of life is, among other things, to:
1. Sincerely and truthfully forgive yourself, and your offenders and haters; 2. Forget the pains of your mistakes and self-afflictions; 3. Forgive your family, spouse and others; 4. Rejoice in the Lord always; 5. Keep, strengthen, and expand your faith in God, 6. Follow life’s best engagement guidelines in all of your relationships and decisions. 7. Ascertain that your earned covenants of divine grace, works and faith can be passed on to your family and friends, 8. Convert and place your challenges, problems, and barriers as battle signs along your life’s journey. 9. Embrace and affirm your life with the tools of joy, peace, and love no matter what, rather than concentrating on your life’s rejection, embarrassment, and harassment (2 Tim 1 vs 1 -14, 2 Tim 2 vs 1-5). Pray!
– Charles Kwamena Ackon