Blessings fall like flowers from the sky

It is so easy to get carried away with all the bad in life. To become disgruntled and jaded about everyone and everything around me. And then there are days like today where it seems nothing could go wrong at all. Why does life always revel in the rollercoaster route? Yet, having said that I also realize that the ups and downs of a rollercoaster are exactly equal. When all is said and done, everything always has a way of balancing itself out. For example, after nearly $200 of fines and work my car is now legal again; but I just got my tax return back which is nearly 10 times that amount--->balance. Eleven years of frustration and agonizing over finding my anam cara; now, having found her and marrying her within 11 months--->balance.

I can't shake the feeling that balance is the key to all of life and if we could find a way to live in that balance then much of the problems we face daily would just fade away. Even Christians struggle with this; maybe moreso than anyone else. Starry eyed dreaming? Perhaps; but something worth striving for.

In Jesus, I think, we have a compatriot who can help us in this endeavor. It is through Him that the deficiencies we are cursed with from birth are removed and we are given the chance to live like we were created to live. Here is the biggest blessing of all! Without Him life becomes a dreary existence indeed with no hope of getting better. All the money, power, or pleasure in the world can never satisfy. Nor can it erase the feeling that there must be something more to life.

As it nears Easter, I am continually reminded of all God has done for me despite myself--the blessings I have received and the lessons I have learned. And in Christ's resurrection I am given a hint of what my life means and the purpose for which I was created.