Originally Posted by wabigoon
What do you think?

A lot of things have happened to me that did not seem so good at the time.
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I’ve never considered myself to be at a level where I can judge for myself what’s good for me or not and the older I get the more clearly I see it.

The Heidelberg Catechism puts it nicely in its answer to question#1, “What is your only comfort in life & in death?”:

“That I am not my own,
but belong with body and soul,
both in life and in death,
to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ.
He has fully paid for all my sins
with his precious blood,
and has set me free
from all the power of the devil.
He also preserves me in such a way
that without the will of my heavenly Father
not a hair can fall from my head;
indeed, all things must work together
for my salvation.
Therefore, by his Holy Spirit
he also assures me
of eternal life.
and makes me heartily willing and ready
from now on to live for him.”

I serve a God who has directed all of history in such a way as to call His people back to communion with Himself. Surely He can direct my little world whether I can see it or not.

Usually it’s the latter...