I've got this friend who's been feeling kinda down since his parents told him the hard truth that their marriage was a shotgun marriage. Why is this a big deal to him, he's the 1st kid. His family isn't exactly the best kinda environment to grow up in as well and yeah he's been struggling with it since he was 18. Then there was a point he actually blamed every fault in his family on himself which if you ask me is pretty damn ridiculous. Anyways, since then i guess he kinda always viewed his father as kinda part of the problem. His dad wasn't exactly the best father either. (Yes we had a very long talk) So its safe to say he didn't like his dad very much either, he was kinda just forced to live with him and this whole truth about the way he was conceived into the world kinda ate at him until one day he called me and told me this. "God doesn't make mistakes." I know this is gonna raise mixed reactions between my believer readers and my non believer readers and personally i believe in God and yes, He doesn't make mistakes, but for my friend here who was struggling so long with the whole idea of being well kinda unwanted in the very beginning, to realizing that even so, he has a purpose in life. God gave him life and not only that, God gave him reason to live as well. It wasn't until then he realized the pointlessness of feeling sorry for himself and thinking so negatively it reflected on his life itself. A year on and i met saw him recently, he's still struggling with his family, trying to patch things up and he said its not easy. Relationships never are. But he did tell me one thing that struck a chord in me. They're family, if he doesn't try, no one else would and though he kinda did blame his dad for everything, he knew that ultimately he came from his mum AND dad, plus he came to know God and he really felt that he wanted to do it, that he should at least mend this broken relationships he left broken for so many years. I guess what i'm really trying to say is that no matter how deep the wounds are, no matter how badly scarred emotionally or physically, God can heal all. All we gotta do is trust, believe and most of all, have faith. I know i do =)
