Romans
8:28
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who
love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
Don't be so hard on
yourself. I can bring good even out of your mistakes. Your finite mind tends to
look backward, longing to undo decisions you have come to regret. This is a
waste of time and energy, leading only to frustration. Instead of floundering
in the past, release your mistakes to Me. Look to Me in trust, anticipating
that My infinite creativity can weave both good choices and bad into a lovely
design.
Because you are human, you will continue to make
mistakes. Thinking that you should live an error-free life is symptomatic of
pride. Your failures can be a source of blessing, humbling you and giving you
empathy for other people in their weaknesses. Best of all, failure highlights
your dependence on Me. I am able to bring beauty out of the morass of your
mistakes. Trust Me, and watch to see what I will do.
In
his providence, God orchestrates every event in life--even suffering,
temptation, and sin--to accomplish both our temporal and eternal benefit.
"Health, beauty, vigor, riches, and all the other things called goods,
operate equally as evils to the vicious and unjust, as they do as benefits to
the just." - Plato
Micah 7:7
But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the Lord;
I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
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