God ordains good for our lives
God ordains good for us even in the midst of great suffering. When Jesus hung on the cross , it seemed like it was over. His apostles were bewildered and discouraged. They may have felt that all was lost. However, God ordained Jesus' sacrifice since before all time. God knew how it was going to go down in the Garden with Adam and Eve . But He is always working out, ordaining, good plans for us, for the world. I have been in a very difficult situation, some would say near impossible, for around 11 years now. If I believed everything I read about leaving "toxic" relationships, I would have disobeyed God and taken matters into my own hands with a seeming "fix." Our culture has become so self-obsessed that enduring even the least bit of suffering, even for Christians, is to be banned, to be unacceptable. We've bought the bill of goods that this life is to be about nothing more than our pleasure and comfort. But when God allows all kinds of suffering in...