I am thinking again about struggle and ease. For some reason I had come to believe it was either or. Either the path was dark and full of sorrow and trouble or it was light and strewn with rose petals and delight. Somehow the dark path ended and suddenly I would find myself walking in the light with no more sorrow and trouble. I believe that God brings good from every situation. What I had missed was the good God brings in to every situation. I will look back on this season, this time in Minnesota, at some point and remark on all God did in me. But the blessing, the good isn't only for the future. I am seeing God's goodness and faithfulness every day. It is not either or but both and. The blessings are often unrelated to this journey - just gifts from God reminding me of His love and presence. There is that saying "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." I am discovering God makes the lemonade - I do not have to make sense of or make better or make something good of this - God does it. The lemonade comes with the lemons!
The famine is about to hit Egypt. Joseph, after all his troubles, is second to Pharaoh and preparing for the tough time ahead. He knows tough times but he also knows God's provision. "The second son he named Ephraim and said, 'It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.'" Genesis 41:52
Grateful for God's blessings in the land of my suffering.
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