Sometimes I forget that I have a shield. Family members get hurt; people at work play strange political games; sickness strikes; things break down; my memory fails (especially bad when it is something important, like taxes or insurance). Even some of these things seem unimportant when others are facing death (like we did in 2001 with one of our children). Things happen to all of us. We all have painful things - physically, emotionally, socially, etc. - in our lives. They all shape us. The question is: Do they shape us for better or for worse?
For me, I KNOW that they all work for my good, for I have the Shield about me. Even those things that others intend for evil against me, God will use for my good. His plans for me are good. The plans others may have for me, He will change for my good. Even having a child at death's door brought opportunities for me to minister to others that never would have happened otherwise.
Also, I will not know, this side of eternity, all those things that MIGHT have happened but were defelected by God's protection.
I pray that you will know God's protection as well.
- R -
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