More Transitions...

I don't know if there is a good reason I am walking through this difficult time of transition in my life.  

 James 1:13 says, "When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone..."

 Matthew 5:45b says, "He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."  (Note, rain in itself is neither good nor bad.)

 Romans 8:21 tells us creation is in bondage to decay

 Basically, these three verses roll around in my head and come out testifying to me that God does not send bad things into our lives.  Bad things may happen, but I believe they are a result of humans poorly exercising their free will, and of the bondage under which creation suffers.

 I DO know, from verses in the Bible, the testimony of countless friends, family, and other Christians, and my own experience, that God can take what was intended for bad and use it for his glory through blessing us.

 So while I may be struggling through this transition, I want to testify that God is still good, he is still at work in the world and in my life specifically, and as Bill and Gloria Gaither wrote,
"I don't worry o'er the future
For I know what Jesus said.
And today I'll walk beside Him
For He knows what is ahead

Many things about tomorrow
I don't seem to understand.
But I know who holds tomorrow
And I know who holds my hand..."*

 For more on this subject, see my previous post, Change & The Hole in Your Heart

 *"I Know Who Holds Tomorrow," Gaither & Gaither

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