Embrace Life’s Closed Doors (let God figure it out!)
This post was inspired by a sermon from preacher Joel Osteen, who says ‘closed doors’ should be as celebrated as the open ones. Because rather trying to figure out everything yourself, know that God has a plan for you, and sometimes He closes doors, in order for you to move on from bad situations, and embrace better things to come.
Have you ever wanted something, not got it – then found out months or years later, that it was a blessing that you never got what you prayed or wished for? That’s the beauty of closed doors.
Joel mentions a woman who is complaining about her day. One is that her alarm doesn’t go off, so she is late for work. Then she finds out that if the alarm had gone off, she would have been hit by a drunk driver on the road that morning.
What if you look at life differently?
- Instead of being disappointed that you were fired from a job – it was because God says you have something better and more important to do.
- Instead of being heartbroken over someone leaving you – it was because God said perhaps that person was not to be trusted. If you had stayed, your heart may have been smashed to pieces.
- Instead of feeling down if someone sends nasty words to you – it was because God wanted you to know that you are kind and sensitive, and you deserve to be around people who are nice!
- Instead of being upset that you had a diet-related illness – it was because God wanted you to take care of the body that God gave you – to nourish it with good food, take gentle exercise and rest.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens. But we often look so long at the closed door, that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. Helen Keller
If the door closes, quit banging on about it. Whatever was behind it, was not meant for you. Consider the fact that maybe the door was closed, because you are worth so much more than what was on the other side. Anon
Never look back, unless you are planning to go that way. Henry David Thoreau
