We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
(Romans 8.28 NRSV)
William Sydnor began to look for God's hand at work in his life. He came to see that those baking soda incidents can sometimes turn out to be blessings. Once vandals broke off the radio antenna on Sydnor's car. Since he was about to drive through the mountains for a speaking engagement and wanted the radio for the trip, he took the car in to be repaired. The mechanic informed him that his brakes were dangerously worn. The mechanic fixed the antenna, and after repairing the brakes he said, "You would never have made it safely through the mountains [with those brakes.]"

"Even adversity," says Sydnor, "may in retrospect be recognized as a blessing."

Life is a matter of interpretation. Now, those who must be literal about such things, are probably asking, "Are you saying that God caused the vandals to rip off that man's antenna so that his bad brakes would be revealed?" I can't answer that. I really don't know anyone who can. I can only say that I choose to believe with St. Paul that God has "destined us to be his sons [and daughters] through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will…" I choose to believe that all things work together for good for those who love God. I choose to believe that though we can only see the tangled, confused underside of life, God is weaving a beautiful pattern that will only be revealed to us in another realm, in another time.

Dear God, help me as I work for the good of all your people. Amen.

Ron Newhouse

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