Rose Garden

Image via WikipediaGod our Father in Heaven never promised us a "Rose Garden." He only promised his love and support.




How should you deal with Good Luck/Bad Luck?



(Job 36:15)"But God teaches men through suffering and uses distress to open their eyes."



Who have you been in a situation where you have been stretched by God in order to learn something from him? What did you learn? Was the pain worth the gain?



Being a Father he will also discipline his children. he does this for the same reason's an earthly father does. It is a blessing to be disciplined by God when we do wrong.



(Job 5:17)"Happy is the person whom God corrects! Do not resent it when he rebukes you."



How does this advice ring true and applicable to you?



"All events are providential. It is the unanimous testimony of the Bible and the theological tradition of the church that God is the lord of history, that God is in control of all events, and therefore God brings it about that all events serve the divine purpose of bringing the whole creation, and especially each person, to its fulfillment. As Paul says, 'From God and through God, and to God are all things' (Rom. 11:36). The main biblical image for this is the rule or Kingship of God ( Ex. 15:18, Ps. 47:7-8; Isa. 6:5; 1 Tim. 6:15). In particular God rules all events in nature for the welfare of all creatures (Job 38: 41; Ps. 145:15-16; 147:9; Mt. 6:26; 30; 10:29), and especially each person (Mt. 6:25-33; 10:30, Rom. 8:28). God rules and controls human history, (Old Testament passim., Lk. 1:50-53; Acts 17:26-28; Rom. 11:30-32; 13:1-6, 1 Cor. 1:28-30) including every human action (Ps. 127:1, Prov. 16:1, 9, 19:21, 21:1; Isa. 26:12, 1 Cor. 12:6; Phil. 2:13). God even causes evil acts (Ex. 7:3, 1 Sam. 19:9, Exek. 20:25-26, Isa. 6:9-10; 63:17, Mt. 13:13-15; Jn. 12:39-40; Acts 28:25-27; Rom. 9:18, 11:7-8; 2 Thes. 2:11-12). However this is always a means to the fulfillment of the divine plan to bring the whole creation to its fulfillment. Thus God also overrules and uses natural and moral evil to fulfill the divine purposes (Gen. 45:5; 8; 50:20; Jn. 9:1-3; 11:4 Acts 2:23; 4:27-28)" (Theological Questions-Owen C. Thomas).