I've been thinking about the 'happily ever after' that comes at the end of most fairy tales. As a child when my mother would read stories to me it always seemed nice when there was a happy ending, but I never wanted the story to end. I wanted the adventure to continue on. All I would ever know about these people in the stories was that everything worked out in the end (for most of them anyway). That was not enough for me because I never knew what really happened. 'Happily ever after' doesn't say much, so I always wanted more.
In my own life I never wanted a 'happily ever after' kind of ending; not because I don't want to be happy, but because I don't want an ending. It was when I first started to learn about the gospel that I learned there doesn't have to be an ending; in fact there won't be one at all. God has a plan for all of us and there is no end to it. Our life here on Earth is only a small part of what He has in store for us. The adventure of life and existence really does continue. There is so much more for us to learn and do after this life is over. We don't need to be concerned about an "end."
It has been a great comfort for me to know the plan that God has for me. I have lost close family just as most people have. Knowing that our adventures together will continue brings peace and joy in my life now , and hope for my life to come. As it states in 1 Corinthians 15:19 - "If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable." Through Christ there is hope of a 'happily ever after' just without the ending...
