Sometimes I wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then. ~ Bob Segar
Knowledge is power. Yet there are some things that I truly wish I didn’t know. Yes, it is true that I am admittedly the “Information Girl”, but curiosity in human nature and in all kinds of information has led me to some discoveries that, in the long run, have hurt me to the point that true ignorance may have been a better option.
But we are all human, and we don’t want to hurt. We don’t want to hear about the bad things that the world has to offer. We don’t want to dwell in negativity. And we certainly don’t want bad things to happen. Unfortunately, however, we are all faced with the knowledge that people will fail us. We will fail ourselves. People will hurt us, and we, in turn, will hurt them. This world – this life – with all of its awful wonderfulness was simply not meant to last. People will drift in and out of our lives, painful situations will occur, and life will still go on. We will cope, even when we don’t want to. But I still find myself at times wishing I didn’t know all of these things: the heartaches, the heartbreaks, and the simply unbearable hurts that eventually heal, but leave scars. And we all bear scars as reminders of what we have learned and as guideposts to where we are headed.
I John 2:17 tells us that, “The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.” So whatever scars we now bear will no longer matter; whatever knowledge of the negative things, the evil things, the hurtful things we have gained in this life will no longer matter; it will all pass away. In the big picture, the “things” we have had to endure should be those very “things” that draw us nearer to God and further away from the negative things this world has to offer. Don’t you think it is time to use that knowledge to head in a more positive direction?
Move to higher ground.
Catch you on the flip side,
Ang
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