“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purposes.” (Romans 8:28)
An elderly gentleman who I knew told me that he thought Romans 8:28 should be taken out of the Bible. He couldn't understand how the verse could be true because his sweet Christian wife had severe arthritis, had been in a terrible car accident and as a result was not able to leave her house or her wheelchair.
This verse is not saying that everything that happens to us is good any more than we and say that all the ingredients in a chocolate cake, eaten or consumed alone, are good. But a good cook can take those ingredients, stir them together, bake them in a hot oven and serve them to family and friends who enjoy the final product.
Many things happen to us that we neither enjoy nor understand. The brothers of Joseph terribly mistreated him, selling him into Egyptian bondage. I think of Joseph’s words to his brothers following the death of their father, Jacob, "As for you, you meant it for evil but God meant it for good to save much people alive.” (Genesis 50:20)
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