Truly, all things work together for good, even if we can't comprehend how. Faith.

Rom 8:27  And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. 

Rom 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 

Do you KNOW that ALL things work together for good if you LOVE GOD, if you are called according to HIS PURPOSE?

Seriously, do you know it, and what I mean is do you experience the knowing of this truth? It's easy to read something and comprehend it without ever experiencing the truth of that same thing. Do you experience the truth of knowing that ALL things work together for good? When you are experiencing the horrors of this world, do you comprehend that somehow, some way it will work for your ultimate good? When we are suffering no matter the type of suffering it isn't easy to believe any of it will be for our good. The pain, the horrible agony of deep sickness, the struggle of dark emotional living, the awful throes of watching loved ones suffer viciously, all of this and so much more that the darkness of Satan's evil brings with it- can it truly, somehow we can't comprehend in the slightest - work for our good? By faith- it is TRUTH, it CAN and it WILL work for our good.  Only by faith- SIGHT UNSEEN- can we have the hope of this truth. We can CLING to this when everything else falls totally apart.

Often we quote from the book of Job because of all He endured and remained faithful. Maybe we need to be reminded of this often because he lived by FAITH in God.

If you love God, that doesn't mean your life will be pain, and suffering free. Some who love God suffer terribly. God's blessing does not mean you won't feel pain. We just don't understand the ultimate reason for that pain.

Too many pray for suffering to end and then stop believing in God with suffering doesn't end and only increases. They may be asking for the ending of suffering for another and believe their request is selfless and deserving, and when God still doesn't answer their prayer they find it very easy to stop believing in praying, to stop believing in God altogether.  People say, and I've heard them say it, that a God who permits the awful suffering of innocent children, animals, elderly- isn't a God they want to believe in. They refuse to believe there is a BIGGER picture where ALL suffering will one day end completely. They refuse to consider the whys and wherefores, and just stop any chance of believing with their own supposed superior thinking. They won't be made a fool of by believing, but ultimately those who don't want to be considered fools either by others or to themselves, will one day prayerfully realize that as they lay upon their death beds looking back on their lives, that God does exist and God does love them, and God sent His Son to save them from all sin, offering them life eternal without any of the horrors that exist in our world today.

Please, Lord, please help us to LIVE in Your truth, experiencing Your truth, knowing the REALITY of Your truth in our lives as a living, breathing, entity of love!

All in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ our LORD, now and forever!