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NASB | Romans 8:28 ¶ And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 8:28 ¶ And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His plan and purpose. |
Bible Question:
For how God causes all things to work together for good when ... -a young child by a drunken driver? -a mother is dying in agony with cancer? -Christians are tortured, made slaves, killed, etc. for their faith? |
Bible Answer: Oh, but Steve, my brother, who among us knows the mind of our Mighty God, who can scan His perfect plans, who can fully fathom the depth of His purposes in our lives and in the lives of others? I have read the testimony of our dear sister prayon and am led to reflect upon the deepest sorrow that has ever befallen my wife and me: the loss by a drunken driver of our son some dozen years ago...... It was hard then, and it is hard still, to make of this tragedy "everything working for good" -- yet I know that David our son was saved by the blood of the Lamb and is in His presence at this very moment..... David loved to play the drums, and he was terrific at it. David died in April and the Christmas of that year was particularly difficult. But I shall never forget that every time during that Christmas season when I heard the song, "The Little Drummer Boy" I said to God, my eyes filled with tears, "Lord, you must have needed a little drummer boy in heaven to praise the Lamb." ..... If this sounds maudlin to anyone, perhaps it is. But it's easy to be sentimental and hard to be objectively cool about losing a son..... And having lost a son, my wife and I can be far more empathetic toward and comforting to other families whom tragedy strikes. --Hank |