All Things again

This morning I woke up with Romans 8:28 on my mind.  Well not right at first, but after I had some negative thoughts come to mind, things I wish I had done better. I then remembered this verse: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose." Negative things happen in each life. Can you imagine if everything were good, I'd hate to think how spoiled I'd be. If life were like prosperity preachers and because we are God's children everything would go our way. I know I'd be spoiled rotten. That is not what God wants. Sometimes it may be nothing more than God is trying to fix something in our heart. I think of Joseph in the Bible that I used in my last blog about all things. So much trouble befell him and he was trying to do right. A thought came to me about a man I once worked with: He had pictures of beautiful women at his desk, but he was unmarried. I believe he was divorced. I asked him why he had these pictures, He said "Because I deserve the best." I thought as I walked away he was very arrogant. So did the women deserve the best. If he thought he deserved a ten, so did they. As arrogant as he was,  I thought, he is not a ten either. As I face Surgery tomorrow, I wish God would miraculously fix my knee. I believe he could, but I simply know I am facing a painful recovery and I don't want to. Perhaps God sees something besides my knee he wants to correct. I remember all things work for the good of those that love God and are called according to his purpose. That does not mean a pain free life. God is sovereign and in the end it will have been for good. If not for me, just like with Joseph and his troubles, it ended up saving many lives. I don't see all that God sees, even into my heart. I remember a difficult incident in my early years at my place of employment. It was that period of difficulty that opened my eyes to see how self righteous I was.  I knew at the time I would not have seen it any other way, and I thanked God for showing me what was in my heart. Difficulties will come our way but God means it for good as in Genesis 50:20. Our sight at best may be 20/20 but God sees all and his eyesight is 50/20  (Genesis 50:20) and he means it for our good.  God bless, LVZ.