A WONDERFUL THOUGHT

By Russ Lawson

From the banks of Clear Fork Creek

 

Most of us have thoughts of what would make us most happy. What would be the “perfect day” or what one place we would love to visit or what one person we would love to see again. Those things and many others could be considered “wonderful thoughts”.

 

You may or may not know of a young girl by the name of Anne Frank. Anne Frank was born in 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. She died in 1945 at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, murdered along with thousands by the Nazi’s. She was a Jewish girl who kept a diary of her family's life while hiding for 2 years during the German occupation of the Netherlands.

 

Her diary often contains thoughts of hope. I read one them recently that reminded me of the hope we have as Christians. Notice what she wrote while living in uncertain times never knowing when the door of their hiding place might be broken down and then arrested simply for being of a different faith and heritage.

 

“What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven’t even happened yet.” – Anne Frank

 

We live in some very trying and stressful times right now, don’t we? Of course for some that could have been said no matter when they lived. So life goes on with our struggles and challenges and we fight to overcome them and try to accomplish our goals, whatever they may be.

 

What is your challenge, what is causing you stress; in the long run will it make a difference? I love what the apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 2:9, “But as it is written: “No eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

 

You see the best days of our lives are truly ahead of us no matter what happens to us here on this earth! Paul also wrote these powerful words in Rom 8:35-39: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us, For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

 

My prayer for each of us is that while we face our struggles in life that we never forget that the best is yet to come! What a wonderful thought!