Looking at Life the Other Way

I am thinking of what to write. It's been five hours since I started staring on the white screen. There had been plenty of ideas running in mind. But I cannot put them into writing. The blinking cursor seemed to be a time bomb that will explode anytime. I just kept on staring until finally, the white blank page hits me.

I viewed life like a blank page. Empty. Dull. Nothing. It will only serve its purpose if it is used. My life was once like this. Until I met someone who is willing to use it. I had a choice then, to say no and just go on with my boring life, or to say yes and be ready to experience change. I chose the latter. I surrendered my seemingly worthless life to Christ.

Did my life changed in an instant? No. But the way I looked at life became different. God made me take a closer look in my life. I was wrong to think that the page was blank. It was full of unpleasant things, not a sight to behold. How could it be that I did not notice? Because I was looking for what I only want to see.

But God erased everything. Slowly, He drew a Cross into it. The Cross where He shed His blood and laid His life so that He will be able to erase the ugly things in my life.

From time to time, I still have the tendency to see that old blank page. But God always reminds me to look at the Cross and be amazed that He is mindful of me.

When I look at my life now, I do not see a blank page anymore. I see a Master's hand, writing the story of my life.