"God's providential arrangements often seem very mysterious. We are shut out from opportunities which seem favourable to the promotion of His kingdom within and around us: we are deprived of circumstances or associates which seemed needful for our growth in grace: we have sickness, poverty, distresses, reproach, persecution, hatred, when we think we could serve God better in health, competence, ease, honour, tranquillity, and love. But we are short-sighted: we are of yesterday, and know nothing. All these things are ordained for us in the deliberate arrangements and counsels of His will. There is neither chance nor mistake in the kingdom of grace. Let us therefore, not only contentedly acquiesce, but adoringly rejoice in His wise orderings. His good hand is in all our matters. Let us therefore give thanks always for all things unto God and the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."
Excerpt from "Family Devotions" by Henry Law
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