THE PAGES OF LIFE

I was visiting with a friend recently and in the course of our conversation he made a statement that captivated my attention. His words were all so simple but yet profound. “The pages of life are tough” he said. When I asked him to repeat his words he proceeded to tell me that his father had given them to him years earlier. He continued by saying, “Life is a book full of pages and we must live every page and when we come to the end of a page we have no alternative other than flipping to the next. We never know what’s on that next page but we have to live it.” It may be filled with sadness, joy, or both. It may contain failure or great success. Regardless of what we find, there is no way of detouring around it. In his closing remarks, my friend imparted yet another piece of wisdom. “Although we don’t know what the next page holds what we do know is that we will have help.” God has promised to be with us and to provide for our every need. When our faith rests upon this truth then whatever experiences are faced we can be filled with hope because with God “it’s just another page in the book of life.”