Annal 31: Tale from Sometimes

Sometimes.

Sometimes life doesn’t turn out the way you thought it would.  Sometimes all the plans you make are for naught and you end up somewhere you never anticipated.

Sometimes the people you thought would never leave your side do leave.  Sometimes you will be treated like the outcast and the unloved by the same people who once welcomed you with open arms.  Sometimes your trek will be the loneliest one in the world.

Sometimes God will call you to change and to make a stand that you aren’t sure you’re ready to make.  Sometimes making that stand will make you so unpopular that the people you once called family will no longer acknowledge you.

Sometimes you will devote years of your life to causes and when God calls you somewhere different no one will remember the devotion with which you served.

Sometimes your only companions while travelling through life are sorrow and suffering.  Sometimes people will only see what’s on the outside and will never stop to consider the depth of pain you may be experiencing.  Sometimes you will feel so hurt and alone that you can’t stop the tears from flowing, no matter how hard you try.

Sometimes the road to growth in thorny, crooked, and seems to be falling apart.  Sometimes you will fall from it only to emerge scratched, bruised, and bleeding.  Sometimes you will not want to continue on but will want to sit in the thorny underbrush, hiding from everyone because you pain is too great.

Sometimes it takes immense pain to grow.

Sometimes God will bring people into your life to give you hope; to hold your hand and bring you back to the path; to support you and lift you up.

Sometimes this doesn’t make the pain go away.  Sometimes it just lessens it a little bit, but it’s enough for you to carry on.

Sometimes all you can do is trust that God will make beautiful things out of the ashes of the life you once had.

Sometimes.

            Sometimes.

                        Sometimes.