“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28

When I was a child I was blessed to have grown up with two missionaries with the Children’s Bible Mission living next door. Ms. Baker and Ms. Scott had a tremendous impact on my life and it was through their tutelage that I attended Bible Camp several summers and during “arts and crafts” one summer, I made a little wooden plaque with theses words from scripture cut from a magazine pasted on it. Needless to say looking at over the years and remembering it through my tumultuous teen years it has become my life’s verse and refer to it often. As life happens to children and young people it is a great reminder that if we “love” God and are “called according to His purpose” he will even (sometimes it takes a while) make something good come from even the things we consider bad or harmful at the time. I also once had a little statuette in my kitchen that read “God Blesses our Messes” and because of believe Romans 8:28 I know that is true!