Romans 8:28- “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
Occasionally, I find myself missing my days of teaching elementary school. This is especially true around Thanksgiving.
Each year, my little kindergarteners would choose to be Indians or Pilgrims, making Pilgrim hats or headbands with colorful feathers. They would use brown paper grocery bags to make Indian vests or black and white butcher paper for Pilgrim attire.
Mothers would come to school and help us prepare stew, cornbread, apple cider, and spice cake and/or cookies for our customary “feast.”
The faces of those little ones were so precious as each child stood and told the class what they were thankful for… their families…their homes.
I know several families who are currently suffering from health issues. I know one going through a divorce. I know one dealing with broken relationships with siblings; another saddened by the estrangement of adult children.
It’s easy to be thankful for blessings like wealth, wisdom, newborn babies, and good health. It’s quite another to be thankful for the trials in this life, isn’t it?
But, many of us know that it’s in the hard times that we learn to trust God…that our relationship with Him deepens as we depend on Him for the strength to get us through.
It’s possible, that years after a hurtful event, we are able to see the good result(s) God brings about because of our dire circumstances. In fact, there are times when we can look back on what we once viewed as tragedies and see that they were actually future blessings—in disguise.
Which brings me to this point: If we, as Christians, believe the truth of Romans 8:28, shouldn’t we be able to trust God now?
Even if we never see the future?
Even if He never answers our question, “Why?”
Because that is really what faith is, isn’t it?
According to Hebrews 11:1, “…faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
We may not be able to see what God is going to do with a tragic circumstance, now, but we can have faith that those “things not seen” will someday come to pass.
Thanking God for the blessings in our lives, today, and for those in the future,
Brenda
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