It’s a big story, what’s your part?

As often said, life may offer you many choices but where to be born isn’t one of them! Had we this choice, I believe majority would definitely have had it otherwise! But in life as you may learn, it’s  never about every thing being perfect but rather the attitude we choose to embrace every day with. For me my life was perfectly happy, not because of abundance of things but of because of contentment and fulfillment. The hot village sun, the morning and evening walk to school, and a lot of times on bare foot, was nothing to be compared to the childhood joy and memories I had.

Little known to me was that life could get twisted and momentarily trigger you into some sort of  a somersault! When I was ready to join high school, my dad; the sole breadwinner in the family, lost his job. It is said that it’s darkest before dawn.This was a dark moment. Unfortunately the dawn wasn’t coming so soon.

The child like faith in me always believed in my parents. They were my heroes and heroes would never get defeated. While this sounded so true, the reality was that the battle was bigger, and the odds of winning were against me! Bankruptcy was knocking on our door and the door had somehow half way opened. My faith lane was challenged and changing.

I could feel hopelessness slowly creeping in. I wasn’t yet done with my first year in high school and this was happening? I had so much hope of getting through high school, getting to the University, getting a good job and giving myself and my family a better future. Next came his brother; an unending  pit of pessimism! I began to question the possibility of a better future and  the reality of my dreams. What was the point of waking up and attending classes if this four year journey looked so impossible? What was the point of all the hard work? What was the point of being in school?What was the point of working for a future that was no longer guaranteed? I cried silently in bed every single night for many nights. I was depressed, it was devastating.

There will be seasons in your life when one barrier will be send your way to stop you. There will be seasons in your life when nothing will make sense.There will be times when the only source of hope you had will vanish. These will be critical moments because they will define many more seasons of your life there after.

If tears were a problem solver, am damn sure I wouldn’t be writing this story. I urgently  needed a solution. Having grown up in a christian family I knew there was something called prayer so I made up my mind to give it a try. For the next many mornings for many months I would wake up, go to the prayer room and talk to God(one I didn’t even know!). As I prayed,it dawned to me that regardless of the odds against me, He had allowed me to be alive and to be in that situation. My life was not yet over and He had a purpose for me.My life was still intact and there was so much more that lay ahead of me. At this moment, I realized my part was to work hard and to trust Him to figure out the rest. This was an eye opener and turned my faith around.

Realize that when situations get staged in your life you’ve got to figure out your part in the story. This positions you to make better decisions. There after,every single day I employed all the faith I could in to my declaration that I would never lack what I needed. As it turned out in my four years at school, I never lacked yet my family situation hadn’t changed.

All odds could be against you today, but that’s just the beginning of a bigger testimony, a greater inspiration.You have to figure out your part in the story, act accordingly and watch all pieces fall into place. The challenge is, what is that one positive decision you have to make against the odds?