ALL THINGS WORK FOR OUR GOOD

 When I was nine I was bored, and becoming a pest to the adults around me, so my uncle gave me an old clock to tinker with. I held it to my ear, while listening to it's soft ticking sound, and then, being curious, I took it apart. I was too young to understand what made it tick, but did discover that it took many different parts to make the clock work as it should.
    
Like the clock, a man requires more than one part if he is to function properly, and be able to cope with the realities of life. He could not possess just one part and be complete; could not, for instance just have patience. If patience was all he had, what would he do if he found himself in a situation that required courage or faith? What if he were to need compassion, or understanding. wisdom, mercy, or strength? We need a lot of parts in order to not just cope with the harshness of life, but to be able to appreciate, and value it as well.
  
The world our wonderful God created is made up of opposites: night-day, sorrow-joy, spring-winter, etc. We could never appreciate the more colorful one, the one that makes us happy, unless we've first tasted the bitterness of the trials we've experienced.
God does not always send the trials we're confronted with, but he most definitely allows them. How else could He make sure that we have the parts we'd need in order to overcome the difficulties in our lives, as well as be a blessing to those around us who are hurting? Yes, there is a harshness to life; much pain and enormous sorrow, but there is always their opposite.
  
Whenever I see a rainbow, I see the darker colors as the trials I've been through, the brighter colors, as joy; the JOY  God gave me for trusting Him during the  darkest moments of my life: the death of my parents, a betrayal, a failed marriage, having a child in an abusive relationship for years, the loss of a very dear friend, a job, two precious children in trouble.
My greatest JOY fills me up, and that JOY comes from HE who believed in me, loved me, forgave me, when nobody else could- or would.

All Things Work Together For Good To Them That Love God. Romans 8:28

What a powerful blessing, what reassuring words to a troubled person, somebody not understanding what it takes for us to function properly, not understanding what we need, in order to cope with the hard side of life.
   It says all things (WORK), which means everything has been checked out, nothing
will break down and leave us stranded. It means all things are working (NOW), at this
very minute, and for our good.
   It means we have no reason to doubt or be troubled about the trials we are facing. Each part is necessary in order for us to be successful; to grow, and become the kind
of people God desires us to be.
  
   AND WE KNOW (we are positve)

  THAT ALL THINGS (every single thing)
  WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD (not evil)

  TO WHO? ( to those who love the Lord).
 
 
Let's not worry and fret any more, but give our burdens to the Lord.
We have but to say, "Father, this is just to heavy for me."
He is more than willing to carry it.

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Hope you remember that each day is a gift just waiting to be unwrapped.