So Do You Really Believe It? Do You?

Last night during a sweet worship service we sung Your Love Never Fails.  The words at the very end of the song sing "You make all things work together for my good" and usually whoever is leading worship continues singing that sentence over and over.  As I was singing along, hands raised to my God with what I perceived to be my whole heart, He ever so gently asked me,"But Tamara, do you really believe it?" My heart started to race and my eyes started to tear as I answered Him as honest and raw as I possibly could at that very moment...

"Sometimes, Lord."

Let's face it. Sometimes life sucks.  Isn't it easier to trust that God is better able to use the less complicated things in our life for His good then the more complex things?  I look at the events of my life thus far, some really good and some not so much.  But no matter the outcome, I can now look back and see God in them all.  Don't get it twisted.  My circumstances may not have changed, I still had to go through the trial, I went through the stages of grief, I went through the hurt and the wondering why. Whether it was Him allowing my car to break down so that I could witness to the tow truck driver or for my Grandma to be taken by such a destroying disease so that those around her could see her peace and joy in the midst of the pain of death, He used it for His good.

God says that ALL things...not some, not just the easy stuff, not just the pretty things. All things.

"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." -Romans 8:28


Oh, here is the song..