Today, I found myself writing about starting a writing career in midlife. Instead of being my usual pessimistic self, I found myself writing something hopeful. I wrote that starting in midlife was a good thing because I am starting with tons of life experience, but more than that I am starting writing with tons of failures. Having failed in life has taught me that it’s okay. It isn’t the end of the world. Life goes on. I can get up from falling and keep trying. Every once in a while I will succeed.
Having God in my life has been an important part of this growth. The times when I feel God’s love the most aren’t when everything is going right. It isn’t when I see miracles and I see the signs that I am on the right path. The times when I feel God’s love the most is when I see the evil in this world. It’s when I feel pain and I am lost in the dark shadows of my mind. When I walk in the darker parts of this life, I know His love because I know if He didn’t love me enough He wouldn’t allow me to go through it and more importantly He wouldn’t be there with me.
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
