“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” This is one of my favorite sayings. In life, we all have trials and temptations. Many times, we are handed sour lemons. What we do with these lemons is very important. I can sit and mope or I can find a way to make something good from the bad that happened to me.
Consider one situation with which I am familiar. A friend passed away. It was a very sad time for the family. Remember, look for something good out of a bad thing that happened. This elder in the church died, and the very next Sunday, his grandson was baptized. This boy was 18 or 19 years of age. He knew what he needed to do, but he also thought he had plenty of time to become a Christian. Yes, death was hard on the family; however, this young man become a Christian because of the loss of his grandfather. Losing his grandfather made him very aware of what he needed to do. This made something good out of the bad.
Now on a more personal note, Louis lost Bonnie, the love of his life, to cancer in May of 2015. I lost my best friend and the love of my life to cancer in December 2015. Yes, we were both handed very sour lemons. I believe that when we put God first in our lives (Matthew 6:33), in time, our lives will be filled with love and happiness again. It does not always come fast, but it comes in God’s time. God is always in charge. With much prayer and patience, God will give us the answer that is best for us. Sometimes, God tells us, “No,” whereas sometimes His answer is, “Yes” and sometimes God says, “Later.” Every now and then, the answer to our prayers is right in front of us. We just need to be wise enough to look where God has pointed us.
I do not believe God said this is what you must do. I believe that when given lemons, we must look hard and long sometimes for where we go to make the lemonade.
Remember the rain falls on the just and the unjust. God is no respecter of persons. Yes, we were very alone. We both had our families, but they could not take the place of the loss of our lifetime mates. So, in time we made lemonade out of the sour lemons we had been given. We came together as husband and wife. We plan to walk through life together, helping one another and doing as much work for the Lord as possible. Our goal is to go to Heaven and to take as many souls with us as we can.
