it's good

a friend shared a story with me awhile ago that i have loved ever since the moment i heard it.  i want to share it with you.

there once was a man who was of royal descent.  his best friend was a pauper.  they met when they were very young and grew up together.  the royal man was made king when he was older and he made his best friend his servant, so they spend time together.  the king went on an annual hunting trip every spring and he got to bring along his friend.  one particular hunting trip, the servant loaded the gun wrong and the king accidentally shot off half of his finger.  he was furious and sentenced his servant to life in prison.

the king realized that life was lonely without his friend, but he was so furious with him that it didn't matter.  again, the annual hunting trip came along and the king went without his sidekick.  on this particular hunting trip, a group of indigenous tribal people captured the king and were preparing to sacrifice him.  however, they realized that something was wrong: he was missing half of his finger [from the previous year's hunting trip].  they let him go because he wasn't a pure sacrifice.

upon his release, the king realized that the reason he was saved was because of his nub finger; without his servant friend, he'd be dead.  he immediately rushed into the prison and went to talk to his friend.  the king relayed the story and all the servant friend could say was, "it's good".  the king was super confused and asked the servant, "why is that the only thing you can say?  don't you realize that if it weren't for me, this past year of your life could have been amazing?"

the servant responded, "the reason you were spared from the sacrifice was because you were missing half of your finger.  i have all of my body parts.  if i would have been there, i would have been sacrificed."

ever since i've heard this story, the motto "it's good" constantly goes through my mind.  sometimes we may wonder why certain blessings aren't coming to us, despite the fact that we've been faithful and patient.  sometimes we find out why, and sometimes we don't.  however, the motto "it's good" can be a relief // everything in life is going to be okay.  if we dwell on the past and what we've missed or what things we wished would have happened, we might fail to remember the blessings that we did receive.

just remember: it's good.