First all over again

I was attempting to find a way to get rid of the labels on my blog posts by selecting all of my posts and clicking the 'delete' button from the drop down menu. Guess what? It turned out that instead of my labels that were being deleted, ALL of my blog posts went down the drain. So much for writing. But now I always look at things on the brighter side. After contemplating on this incident, I don't think it was an accident. God works in ways we can't perceive. People always blame unexpected things for an accident, but if you've been hanging out with God for a long time, you know that everything has been planned, whether we know about it or not.

So, okay.. I lost all of my poems (my favourite was the C.S. Lewis one I wrote, inspired by The Screwtape Letters - hopefully I can retrieve it somehow), I deleted all of my posts, and I trashed all ideas into the dumpster.. just like that, in one quick poke at the mouse. Blogspot didn't even ask me to confirm my action. I'll take it as a way of God saying, "You've been neglecting your studies by spending too much time writing on your blog. Every deed has its outcome and consequences, and you have to take responsibility for yours". HOME RUN! Hit on the back of the head once again. I love it when the Holy Spirit downright rebukes me. It's painful, but you know it's too good to be true. It's because God loves me that he does this.

It's never too late to start right with God. I mean, He gives you time to do this, but as we may already know: time is precious, use it wisely. God can only give us so much time to start right with him. That's why when he does, we have to make use of it accordingly. On the contrary, there are times when we have to learn things the hard and painful way. But it's those things that make us grow stronger, wiser, smarter. God is a God of virtue. Just because he's easily forgiving and unfailingly loving, it doesn't make him less fair ("For the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; upright men will see his face." ~ Psalm 11:7).

Ecclesiastes 3:1-7 ~ There is a time for everything... a time to tear down and a time to build (3), a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance (4), a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them (5)..., a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away (6), a time to tear and a time to mend (7).

This has been a valuable lesson learned for me, and hopefully it won't have to occur again in the coming times =).

Love,

Miss Tardy

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