蔡妮燕
God works in mysterious ways. There are many unexpected things happening
around us every day, even at every moment.
Alice was my best friend in my childhood. We had known each other since
we were in first grade. I remembered that we usually went to school
together, played together, sang together and did a lot of things
together at that time. Whenever I was sad or in trouble, she always
comforted me and encouraged me to overcome the problems. She was such a
perfect friend that I often prayed to God not to separate us when 「class
separating」 time was coming. To my surprise, God really put us in the
same class for six years! Those were the happiest and most wonderful
days in my life. We were just like sisters, so I couldn』t imagine how my
life would become if she left me. I believed absolutely that our
friendship could continue forever.
However, after graduating from elementary school, we went to different
junior high schools. Although I tried hard to keep in touch with Alice,
I didn』t receive any message from her any more. It seemed that she
disappeared from the face of this world. At first, I was so sad and
worried; I cried every day and could not help missing her. Then I began
to blame God: why could he let us be best friends for a long time? Why
did he take her away from my life in such a mysterious way? Why? I
seemed to have become another person and couldn』t recover any pleasure
like before…
Five years later, one day when I participated in an English workshop, an
unbelievable thing happened. I couldn』t believe my eyes because Alice
was sitting in front of me. Oh! My heart beat so fast at the moment
when I tried to call her name. She turned around and we were both
shocked. I couldn』t say any words at that time. It was really Alice!
Then we embraced each other and burst into tears. She explained her
「disappearance」 and her appearance and voice were just like before.
I couldn』t describe how happy I was when Alice became my best friend
again and we promised each other that we would always maintain our
sincere friendship.
God really played a joke on me! He made me meet Alice at first, and
then I seemed to have lost her. But finally he reunited us and rebuild
our friendship. It was just like a magical dream! Although I couldn』t
figure out why God would do such an amusing thing to me, I will cherish
my friendship with Alice all the more.