Blessings in disguise?
William Pendleton????????
General Manager at Shoe Station "The South's Largest Shoe Stores"
Why do bad things happen to good people? ??Hmmmm? Let's think about that for a minute.
Do bad things really happen to good people?
It was written in ancient times in the book of Romans that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
But what does that look like? Well (that’s a deep subject ??) Let’s see……
Imagine, you had to make your way across a large valley to get to a mountain on the other side as fast as you could. But! The valley was filled with soldiers like the ones pictured, half of them dressed in white and half of them dressed in black. As you try to make your way across the valley, you discover that it appears that the soldiers in white are there to help you on your journey and get you to the mountain as quickly as possible. But you soon discover that the soldiers in black are there for the opposite purpose. They battle with the soldiers in white, resisting every step of your advance the soldiers in black pushing against you, the soldiers in white fighting along side of you urging you on. After a long and hard fought battle you finally make it across the valley to the mountain on the other side, the battle is over. But turning back you notice a strange thing. The soldiers in black have begun removing their outer garments to reveal garments of white underneath. The soldiers in black were really soldiers in white. The soldiers were all on the same side. And their ultimate goal was not to get you to the mountain as fast as possible but rather to get you there at the exact right time. For that to happen the soldiers in white and the soldiers in black had to both fulfill their mission. And although it looked and felt like a war, both sides were actually working together for your good. So which side was against you?…..Neither! Without them even realizing it both were battling for your benefit.
And so it was written in the book of Romans in ancient times that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love Him! To those who are called according to His purpose. So if you love God and belong to Him, He will work all things in your life together for good, the good and the evil, the beautiful and the ugly, the happy and the sad, the problems, and the triumphs, all for your blessing and good.
Now if both the good and the bad are working for your good, then in the end, was there any bad? Do bad things happen to good people?……..The answer is a big NO!
If even the bad is working for my good, then the bad is ultimately….Good!
So for the child of God, for you, there are only two realities.
Blessings….and blessings in disguise!
Sometimes the blessings are very much disguised, but they are and remain blessings nonetheless.
Learn to see and believe through the disguises, and remember, it only looks like a battle in a war, but in the end, you will see it as it always was, not a battlefield, but a field of blessings where even your darkest enemies, your greatest adversaries, and your worst fears in the end were your blessings in disguise.
Give thanks today for your blessings, and you blessings in disguise!
Want more read Jeremiah 29:11 and Romans 8:28
Blessings to you and yours, I hope you have a great day!