Sometimes, Things Do Work out Right . . .

Sometimes, when we survey the landscape of our lives, it just seems like things are not going to work out . . . we have all experienced this . . . it is part of life and goes with the life experience.

I am referring to that place where our liabilities out-distance our assets . . . our problems overwhelm our proficiencies . . . our past seems to out-shine our potential . . . and it just seems like things will not work out as we had planned and hoped.

An important truth about life is that sometimes things just don’t turn out as we had hoped . . . in spite of our best efforts . . .

Businesses go bankrupt . . . employees get laid off . . . people get sick . . . relationships end . . . children go astray . . . people get accused of things they did not do . . . and friends move away.  

And the most throbbing questions are, “What do you do when things happen? How do you hang in there when things don’t appear to be working out? How do you push forward when disappointment becomes your constant companion . . . when disenchantment becomes your song . . . when hope seems to be away on vacation? What do you do . . . when things just don’t seem to be working out?

 It is in such times that we need a real friend . . . a true friend . . . a strong friend . . . a friend we can go to who will love us and seek our best interest . . . a friend who will walk through the dark valley with us, comfort us, and helps us hang on and find our way; a friend who will stand in the gap for us and urge us forward.

I have just emerged from a terrible experience . . . and it seems that things are going to be ok.

My friend who has stood with me through dark, troubling, and stressful days is Jesus. It is one thing to read His promises to us . . . but it is another thing to actually see Him at work in our lives. He is an amazing friend!

When life hurts . . . we can turn to Him. He sees possibilities and potential when we only see trouble.  When life is confusion . . . we can turn to Him . . . He can bring order, direction, and purpose to life.

When it looks like it just ain’t gonna work out . . . we can throw ourselves on Him . . . and He will reveal some of His plans for our lives and provide us with the strength to accomplish it and press on.

Perhaps that is what the song-writer had learned that motivated him to take pen in hand and write the old song, “What a Friend we have in Jesus.”  I am very thankful that Jesus is my Friend! I really want Him to be glad to call me His friend too . . .  

 


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