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Hello Angels and Welcome to a new and improved day! There are things in life that happen to us that we can either make sense of or not . I have found that when something like this happens to me that I grow impatient trying to figure out why. Now, because I believe in God I do not believe in coincidences. I believe that what we experience will either teach us for the time being or will set us on the path to answer.

I have had things happen in my life with people that I wonder why it didn't work out or why it did. Why didn't I receive any closure on this issue that presses my mind so hard? It has left me feeling like I have to come to my own conclusion about it. That is one of the most difficult things to do. So what do you do in a situation like that? What is going to put your mind and heart at ease? Well, for me I have done this in the past. I do what is in my power to reach a resolution or try and solve it on my own. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I will give you an example

I had a situation with someone several years back that left me with out closure and caused me more pain than I have experienced. This pain lasted for years and was constant. I believe it was because I fell in love so hard. I moved from New Mexico with out letting this person know how I felt or saying goodbye to them. I didn't really think that I mattered to them the way they mattered to me. I had the opportunity of speaking to them after I moved and I was about to let him know how I felt and the phone disconnected. To this day this person doesn't know. It took years for me to reach a sensible solution and find my own closure. I asked a close friend how to handle it and he told me that I wouldn't find out until it was time.wrong answer. I didn't want to hear that. I wanted to know now what to do. I spoke with other Christians about it and they told me to hand it over to God and in time He would answer me. Still not the answer I was looking for. I wanted to move on and close that chapter of my life.

I don't like waiting on God to do things in my life but I just as you do not really have a choice in the matter. It is hard because He literally has all the time in the world, so me stressing out about His timing- doesn't phase Him in the least. It probably humors Him more than anything. We have to learn how to do that though. It isn't consoling or comforting to hear someone tell you to hand it over to God but it is very true. He does answer things but not until He feels you can handle the answer.

With that in mind, I hope you all have a very blessed day and are at peace in your life. Until next time, you have a wonderful week and I will be in touch with you very soon.

Thoughts + Love + Pain + Faith = The Answer in Due time

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