Romans 8:28

I was really hoping I would have profound thoughts to add to my blog today, but the only thing on my mind is a theme I’ve written about many times. Oh well, here it is anyway.
Romans 8:28, “We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, who have been called according to His purpose.”
I’m sure I’ve quoted this verse before as it is one of my favorites. Sometimes it is difficult for me to believe that everything happens for a reason, or works toward some kind of grand purpose. I think we sometimes try to find the reason why something had to happen in the hard times in order to comfort ourselves. If we truly believe that there was no point to a certain tragedy, then all we can feel is despair. Yet, what we must remember is that this scripture verse does not say that all things work for only our purpose. We don’t know when our situation benefits someone else’s growth even when it doesn’t benefit our life.
This theme has been in my thoughts since about April or May of last year. I realized at least some of the purpose behind the hellish situation I faced at my last job was to grow spiritually and realize that I am capable of standing up for my faith. Whether it changed anyone’s heart at all, I may never know. But then I wondered why I got hired at my present job. I am suffering financially & I don’t like the work. However, perhaps the only way I would have gotten my new job at the vet hospital was to be in my current situation where I had to be dissatisfied enough to seek out a new job. And therefore, be given my dream job. Or perhaps I’m just stretching things a bit too much. My logical mind has the need to try to piece things together so that I understand why my life goes the way it does. There are a lot of areas in my life that I haven’t seen a purpose behind. I just have to have faith and believe it will all work out, even when things seem like a gigantic mess. Once again, I am beyond grateful to God for the dream job and that all things seem to be working out, according to His purpose. I only hope I can honor Him by being a bright light at my new job and by doing my job the best I can.