Meditation Monday

Romans 8:28 (ESV) And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

This is one of many promises in the Bible, that God works all things together for good. Sometimes, in my life, it’s very hard for me to believe this. I get side tracked and look to the left or to the right and see what other people have that I am missing. Maybe they have more money than I do, maybe their college education is paid for, or they have a boyfriend, a job or some part of life figured out. When I look around me, I see so much of what I think I don’t have. Then, I begin to wonder why God hasn’t blessed me with these things.

The other day, I was really blessed by an idea: do I really believe that God is working all things together for good? Do I believe that in my own life? Sometimes God’s greatest blessings can be in withholding something that I feel that I am entitled to. Blessings often come in hardships, because that is where we experience the most of God’s love and the end reward is coming to know God in a greater way: as a rock, as a savior, a deliverer, etc.

Maybe blessings come in strange packages. Today, my prayer is that God would show me what my unexpected blessings are.