God is working straightness out of our crooked lines. He is painting beauty with the brush of failure and with the colors of disappointment. He creates paths out of heartbreaking detours. He surprises us. So remember, when bad befalls us, in the hands of our God, it can become a blessing. He makes riches out of what seemed to be impoverishing. He creates us out of what was going to destroy us. His Spirit broods over the waters of chaos and out comes good creation. He reorders our disorder. We said, “It is over”. He said, “No, it has just begun.”
God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform;
He plants His footsteps in the sea
And rides upon the storm.
Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy and shall break
In blessings on your head. -William Cowper, 1774
