I’ve always tried my hardest to be a good person, friend, and girlfriend. However, it seems that I've always gotten the short end of the stick in everything. Despite how hard I’ve tried to make everyone else happy, I still get angry when I think about just how many bad things have happened to me even when I’ve been so great to everyone else. The other day, I was on my boat with my best friend who was going through a breakup. My friend is beautiful, caring, smart, friendly, and anything a guy could really want in a girlfriend. I didn’t understand why these horrible and tragic things would happen to me and even my friend – who I deemed as near perfect in terms of being a girlfriend and all around good person.
Then, a thought crossed my mind – the greatest and nicest person that has ever lived on the Earth has been spit on, ridiculed, abused, and killed by average people like you and me. That person was Jesus Christ, the Son of God. He went through the worst trials and situations that I could not even imagine going through myself. Then it all made sense. God has an amazing plan for everyone and he will ultimately be there for us no matter what the circumstances.
You can be the greatest person on Earth and still go through the most awful situations. Despite what Jesus went through, he still loved, supported, and offered forgiveness to everyone who did him wrong. When you are going through a horrible situation, you often tend to cut someone off because you think they deserve it. Jesus never cut anyone off. He forgave them and continued to be a great person and friend to them. I encourage you to forgive anyone who has ever hurt you. If anyone has talked bad about you, forgive them. If anyone has wronged you, forgive them. That is what Jesus has done for us and you should do the exact same.
God is placing these situations in your life for a reason, even if you do not understand why. Recently, I broke up with this guy I was talking to because he did not want to commit to me. I was devastated and hurt that he would do something so horrible to me. I prayed to God to please let something good come out of this situation and eventually something great happened. I wrote an article about my feelings toward my ex entitled, "5 Reasons You Deserve Better Than a Maybe" as an open submission. It got published the next day and I was so shocked and happy. Then my supervisor informed me that she could get me an interview with Teach For America which has been my dream ever since I was sixteen years old. I am living proof that the bad things that have happened to me were just doors that God was opening for something even better. Have faith in Him and that the horrible situations that you are in will have great results.
Moral of the story: Even if you are not Christian treat people as you want to be treated because this world is not a nice place, but we can make it that way.
