All Things Work Together. . .

The more I jump into scripture, the more amazed I am at God's incredible work. I am left in awe each time I open my Bible. His words are always the right thing I need to hear. While we might struggle through life, there's always a beautiful method to His madness. I know my best interest is in His hands and He will guide me through each trial and tribulation.

God is the creator of all the universe and it's astounding to know He purposely created me of all the things on this planet He made. It gives me hope and confidence. God knows me and He loves me. Of all the people on the planet, he knows who I am. . . He knows who you are.

I went to visit my best friend and see her precious baby for the first time a few weeks back. She has a cute little plaque hanging on the wall next to her guest bed with Roman 8:28, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." I love this verse.

The week following my visit to see her was going to be crazy hectic one with so many things to do I wasn't sure how any of it would actually get completed. As I climbed into bed one of the nights I was there, I read this verse and began to pray on it asking God to help me come up with a plan to make everything fit nicely together. . . Well here's what happened.

That Monday was an in service day and I would be off campus all day. Normally this would not be a problem but grades were due for report cards and I needed to finish grading my scantrons from the test my kids took on Friday. Not only was I worried about actually getting it done, but I was worried that I might need to retest my kids.

The next day (Tuesday) would be chaotic because I would be entering grades and I set up an interview at the church at 3:45, PLUS it was my mom's 50th birthday. When I woke up Monday morning I was nervous. But I prayed Romans 8:28.

Later that day I received an email from one of the ladies who would be interviewing me stating they had a scheduling conflict and I needed to come on Wednesday at 3:30 instead of Tuesday! Wow! Praise Jesus! I could use that time to finish up my grades and head over early to my mom's house to help my dad prepare for the dinner.

Not only was I stressing about the grades, but putting my hubby out by making him pick up the children. That scheduling conflict was God's sweet grace raining down on me that day. I originally planned to go to my school after my in-service on Monday, but I could now go home at a decent time and take care of everything Tuesday! And my kids didn't do too great on their tests, but enough passed that we didn't have to retest which would have been a nightmare!

Tuesday rolled around and I got everything done and it was a rather stress free day considering how busy I stayed for those 8 to 9 hours! We had a wonderful evening with my mom and our family. When my interview rolled around on Wednesday, I was praying for God to guide me through the interview and I was about to get out of the car when the dj on KSBJ recited Romans 8:28 as her scripture of the day! Wow! Too cool! Not only did my interview go wonderful, I got the job!

God is truly an awesome, wonderful God who loves all his children. We are all fearfully and wonderfully made and he wants us to live a long rewarding life. We've been called to be his hands and feet on this planet to transform lives, bring people to Jesus, and spread His good news; the good news that all you have to do is accept Him. Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior; no good works will get you into heaven, only the blood he shed for us. It's such a beautiful life to live when you've placed all your fears at God's feet and you trust in Him. There's going to be trials and hard times, but He will be faithful and He will make all things work for those who Love Him! If you haven't accepted Jesus, don't wait another day. It is the biggest and best choice you will ever make in your life. Your eternal salvation depends upon it.