We all believe that the love of God is invincible. We all believe that His intelligence, His knowledge, and His power are infinite. We all believe that God cares for us to a degree beyond imagining, and that each one of us is equally precious in His sight. Yet, in many cases healing and harmony do not follow from this knowledge. Why is this?
In more cases it is because we have forgotten that these qualities have to be embodied in ourselves before they can appear in our lives. To know of them as existing in God is not sufficient. We must be seeking to express them in our personal lives before they can do anything for us.
The only way to know God is to seek to express Him in our lives.
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord … to show forth thy loving kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night (Psalm 92:1-2).
It has been the author’s experience that many of our prayers are for things that would be bad for us if they were granted. In those cases a loving God would say no to our request. In other cases, that pain from which we are seeking relief is actually being sent to us for our best good and to make us change a dangerous or hurtful path we have taken. Again, the answer to our prayer for relief would be no.
Then, there are the times when our sufferings are not of our making, do not appear to be intended for our good and are simply bad things happening to good people. In those cases, our very faith itself may be the object of God’s good will and mercy toward us. For instance, Job was able to experience the true presence of God as a reward for his faith through all his tribulations, and thereby he became an example of true faith for all mankind. We also may be called on to be an example to others by the way we endure unfair, unearned and undeserved pain. And it may be that our example to others becomes the comfort and blessings that God is sending to help us, lift us up and increase our faith through our suffering.
Our gardens are never so beautiful, sure and comforting as when they become our refuge from life’s burdens and sufferings.
Keeping the faith,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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