Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Apr 08 2009
Is anything so bad that no good can come of it?
I have to admit that I have read Bible stories with similar anger. Just recently I had occasion to wish that I'd been spared a situation that started with a positive bent and ended up with so much negativity and ire and verbal abuse toward me that I wondered what purpose it served. I wonder if these horrible incidents in the Bible are repeated in order to remind us that even when things look hopeless, worthless and useless, God can make good come of it all. When we find ourselves in a situation that leaves us injured and feeling as though we've been kicked to the curb by coldhearted people, God can make good come of it all. When we do our best and our best is thrown back in our face, God can make good come of it all. It just may not happen on our schedule, when we think it should happen. It's on the Lord's time and schedule, which may mean years of waiting. I hope that's why those stories are in the Bible. Romans 8:28 is also there to remind us that God is the Martial Arts Master of balancing justice with agape love and mercy.
posted at: 14:54 | category: /Religious and Spiritual | link to this entry
I have to admit that I have read Bible stories with similar anger. Just recently I had occasion to wish that I'd been spared a situation that started with a positive bent and ended up with so much negativity and ire and verbal abuse toward me that I wondered what purpose it served. I wonder if these horrible incidents in the Bible are repeated in order to remind us that even when things look hopeless, worthless and useless, God can make good come of it all. When we find ourselves in a situation that leaves us injured and feeling as though we've been kicked to the curb by coldhearted people, God can make good come of it all. When we do our best and our best is thrown back in our face, God can make good come of it all. It just may not happen on our schedule, when we think it should happen. It's on the Lord's time and schedule, which may mean years of waiting. I hope that's why those stories are in the Bible. Romans 8:28 is also there to remind us that God is the Martial Arts Master of balancing justice with agape love and mercy.
posted at: 14:54 | category: /Religious and Spiritual | link to this entry
