And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. (Romans 8:28)It is an absolute truth that bad things are going to happen to us. That is a given.
But there is also a choice we can make. We can become bitter and angry over them and let them rule us. Or we can allow God to use them to make us stronger.
The Bible says that the bad things do not come from God. God is a God of love and will not send things to harm us. But on the other hand, he will not always stop them from happening either.
It would be good if God had his hand over us in such a way that bad things didn’t happen. We would be protected.
But they do. they start early and go until we are dead. We can get angry at God and wonder why he doesn’t take better care of his people (the “why do bad things happen to good people” problem). It can make us bitter even.
Or we can accept the fact that things will happen and see what God has in store for us.
Now that sounds simplistic and Quite frankly Pollyanna-like. And sometimes even like that song from Annie: “The Sun will come out tomorrow.” We’re all singing and dancing thinking about all the good things that will happen to us.
And that is for the most part baloney. Nobody likes the bad things that happen and if they say they do, they are weird.
But God can use them to make us stronger. Just like exercise strengthens the body, so difficulty strengthens the faith we have. As Arnold and the other body builders would say, “No pain, no gain.” When bad things happen, we can allow God to use them. And like it or not, they make us stronger.
God does not send any bad thing to us. But he will use whatever happens to us that is bad to make us stronger. We may not enjoy it, but if we will let him, he will make us stronger.
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