Expect God: What To Do When Your Problem is Hiding Your Promise

by Rachel Shafer

I have learned that God’s goodness is not based around my present circumstance. The seasons of life include both good and bad times. Life is full of contrasts. We go through mountains and we go through valleys. We go through successes and we go through failures. We have wins and we have losses. Nothing, absolutely nothing can change the fact that God is good. God met me in my darkest pain and taught me to hope. God can take even the bad things and, in the proper season, turn them around and use them for good in the way He intends. I have been through times of suffering and certainly didn’t see much beauty in them, but after a few years God’s purposes were fulfilled and the true beauty of the experience was revealed.