While this is a good quote, I cannot entirely agree with it. My faith leads me to believe that everything that we go through in life (and ya'll know how I feel about that word 'through'), if we will allow it to, is bringing us to a point where God wants us to be. I have no doubt at all that God wants only the best for each of us and has the best in store for us. I may not understand it now or even in this life but as a believer I know that as good as life is here that the best is yet to come. And on the reverse side, as bad as life is here sometimes I know that there will be better days and yes the best is yet to come. Every thing, good, bad, difficult, and trying that we deal with in life, if we choose to learn from it, is constantly shaping us into the person we are becoming. I am reminded of a quote by Rick Warren that I saw on FB this morning, "God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls, and coal into diamonds. Using time and pressure He's working on you too." Is it always easy? No, not by any means. Are there days that I just want to throw my hands up and run away? Yes. Yet, I have said many, many times that I have learned that God's grace is more than sufficient. I have been told that I am a strong person and my answer is always, "No, I am not. I just don't tote it all alone." As I have mentioned in a previous post, I have learned to thank God for the things He has brought me through. Because I have learned to depend on Him more and with the things He has carried me through I feel better able to help others in difficult situations. So with all that being said, I believe with my whole heart that no matter how good or bad things may be today that the best is yet to come.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Rebuttal
A reader posted the following comment: "That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than everything happens for the best, which it assuredly does not." James K. Feibleman
While this is a good quote, I cannot entirely agree with it. My faith leads me to believe that everything that we go through in life (and ya'll know how I feel about that word 'through'), if we will allow it to, is bringing us to a point where God wants us to be. I have no doubt at all that God wants only the best for each of us and has the best in store for us. I may not understand it now or even in this life but as a believer I know that as good as life is here that the best is yet to come. And on the reverse side, as bad as life is here sometimes I know that there will be better days and yes the best is yet to come. Every thing, good, bad, difficult, and trying that we deal with in life, if we choose to learn from it, is constantly shaping us into the person we are becoming. I am reminded of a quote by Rick Warren that I saw on FB this morning, "God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls, and coal into diamonds. Using time and pressure He's working on you too." Is it always easy? No, not by any means. Are there days that I just want to throw my hands up and run away? Yes. Yet, I have said many, many times that I have learned that God's grace is more than sufficient. I have been told that I am a strong person and my answer is always, "No, I am not. I just don't tote it all alone." As I have mentioned in a previous post, I have learned to thank God for the things He has brought me through. Because I have learned to depend on Him more and with the things He has carried me through I feel better able to help others in difficult situations. So with all that being said, I believe with my whole heart that no matter how good or bad things may be today that the best is yet to come.
While this is a good quote, I cannot entirely agree with it. My faith leads me to believe that everything that we go through in life (and ya'll know how I feel about that word 'through'), if we will allow it to, is bringing us to a point where God wants us to be. I have no doubt at all that God wants only the best for each of us and has the best in store for us. I may not understand it now or even in this life but as a believer I know that as good as life is here that the best is yet to come. And on the reverse side, as bad as life is here sometimes I know that there will be better days and yes the best is yet to come. Every thing, good, bad, difficult, and trying that we deal with in life, if we choose to learn from it, is constantly shaping us into the person we are becoming. I am reminded of a quote by Rick Warren that I saw on FB this morning, "God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls, and coal into diamonds. Using time and pressure He's working on you too." Is it always easy? No, not by any means. Are there days that I just want to throw my hands up and run away? Yes. Yet, I have said many, many times that I have learned that God's grace is more than sufficient. I have been told that I am a strong person and my answer is always, "No, I am not. I just don't tote it all alone." As I have mentioned in a previous post, I have learned to thank God for the things He has brought me through. Because I have learned to depend on Him more and with the things He has carried me through I feel better able to help others in difficult situations. So with all that being said, I believe with my whole heart that no matter how good or bad things may be today that the best is yet to come.
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