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OUR Happily Ever After
By: Maxine M.

A cool rainy day…perfect to curl up with a book in your favorite chair
Shut off the phone, eliminate distractions, relax…wear “whatever” you dare
Think back to childhood, when life was serene and you had time to spare

Remember!! how we SIGHED at the closing every fairytale would declare…
“And they lived HAPPILY EVER AFTER”…this promising HOPE for adulthood we’d share
There was always a satisfying happy ending, but in reality that is rare

But the happy ending was to produce “sweet dreams” as bedtime nears
To chase away apprehension and fear as the darkness of night appears
The “rest of the story” wasn’t permitted to reach innocent ears

We’re never told of Cinderella and the Prince’s married relationship
Did the 3 Little Pigs ever encounter ANOTHER wolf in life’s adventurous trip?
Did Jack and Jill incur medical bills from their unfortunate slip?

Did the 3 Bears CHARGE Goldilocks with trespass…sue for breaking Baby Bear’s chair?
Did Snow White swear off eating apples? Did Rapunzel ever cut her hair?
Did Jack Spratt’s wife develop heart disease? What happened to Hansel & Gretel…that over weight pair?

We were led to believe beans could be magic, Giants could be slain
Cupid’s arrows brought LASTING love and great poetry was a Mother Goose refrain
“The Little Engine That Could” taught us THINKING WE CAN isn’t in vain

In these children’s stories “the Big Bad Wolf” and the wicked evil witch are always defeated
The Prince gets the Princess, Lassie comes home…mistakes and danger are deleted
OH!! how wonderful if in REAL LIFE these themes could be repeated!

But the ALL-WISE Creator knows we need the “Bread of Adversity” to properly grow
The “waters of affliction”…necessary for true character to show
We actually are strengthened by stress, misfortune, trouble, unwanted woe
(Isaiah 30:20)

Solomon spoke to this effect saying…A good day, Joy and Gladness demand
But on the day of adversity CONSIDER…they BOTH come from HIS hand
TIME and CIRCUMSTANCE ALL move at HIS command
(Ecclesiastes 7:14)

So those “problems” we encounter have a purpose to fulfill
But like sick children, we resist unpleasant medicine or even a tiny pill
We long for days of PROSPERITY…days when life is serene, peaceful & still

But to APPRECIATE those days, we must endure days of worry, fear & self-doubt
Thinking, ‘My life is SUCH a mess…how did THAT come about?”
WHERE is the “Happily Ever After” those Grimm Fairy Tales used to spout?

So whatever your day may bring…a day of trouble, a day of rest
Remember!! This TOO will pass…its only temporary at best
And the Lord walks with us through REAL LIFE…the problems are only a TEST

For as a Christian we MUST TRUST the promises that HE made
Made to those who ACCEPT His Gift of Salvation, for which He paid
THEN!! one Glorious Day in eternity “Happily Ever After” will no longer be delayed!

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