“You can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a snare. People are caught by sudden tragedy.” Ecclesiastics 9:12

One fact is true, that God is in charge of everything. We have no control of our lives no matter how hard we try. We may not like problems but they are no accident. God doesn’t make mistakes no matter what happens. I had a friend who lost her friend and roommate because a nurse made a mistake and she was upset to loose her friend. But I explained to her that she didn’t die earlier than God wanted and she would have died anyway even if the nurse didn’t make a mistake. God has us in the palm of his hand and he knows what he is doing. A car might appear out of nowhere and broadside your car but God knew it was going to happen and he will use it for his will and he will use it for good. No matter how bad it seems. Sometimes we bring bad into our lives through pore choices and sin that brings consequences. God will still use it to bring change in our lives. My stroke was very bad and I almost died, but God knew what he was doing and that I would become a better person because of it. I had become very self destructive and doing what I wanted when it wasn’t good for me. I realized God had been taking good care of me all of my life and I wanted to get to know him better. I began reading all I could about God and wanted to know more. I fell in love with him more every day. I know someone who was in a very bad car accident and God did the same for him and he is a changed man. He will bring whatever he needs to change you right where you are at. Nothing is bad when God is working, just bad circumstances that he will use to make you better. He had a plan for your life before you were even born and he knows best how to cause you to fulfill that plan. I’m now in a wheelchair living in a nursing home. I need 24 hour care but I stay independent and still write books and devotions and an encouraging blog for Christian’s to help them. I thought I was useless as my body slipped away but he is using me more every day. And I couldn’t be happier and more at peace.