Things are Better than they seem

As you look at this picture you think, man that dude had a rough day. Crashed his pick-up through the guard rail, jumped the culvert and landed in a ditch.

Sometimes life is like this picture. You are having the worst day of your life and nothing seems to be going right. You try and try to do things you are suppose to and then you end up making a mistake or something happens that throws you totally off track and you wonder why?

Life is full of curve balls. You don't know what direction they are going to come and they come at you from various angles and places. The point and time you think you have it all figured out here comes one from an unexpected place.

I see this picture and think man that dude must have been mad about what happened to his truck. You know he might have had a very important appointment or any of a number of things that this wreck could have messed up.

The problem with our limited perspective on life is that we don't see the whole picture. We are limited in our human understanding to what is really going on around us. What we might think really sucks actually turns out to be a blessing. I mean consider this guy, when you finally see the bigger picture you realize how fortunate this guy was for just crashing through the guard rail, jumping the culvert, and landing in a ditch.

So, the next time you think that what has just happened to you is the end of the world or things couldn't get worse. Think about what God might really be saving you from. Look at the things going on in your life from God's perspective, though you will not fully see that perspective.

Don't narrow your focus so much that you don't see the big picture of what is really going on around you and how God is molding you for His will.