"It's always easier to see something positive in a negative experience long after it happens."

A thought by John C. Maxwell (2012-10-02) from his book, The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential (p. 131). Center Street. Kindle Edition.

It is but it is also beneficial to see it right after it happens. If you do then you will be able to learn from it. That is the key in every negative experience to learn something from it.

John also said, “Where there is no struggle, there is no progress. Facing difficulties is inevitable. Learning from them is optional.” You can choose to change the negative into a positive.

Have you learned to do that? When we get the fact that God is a sovereign God into our life view and that nothing comes into the life of a Christian that doesn’t first go through God’s love then we are constantly looking for His reason for it happening. That brings into focus the purpose of all things coming into our lives. God caused it or allowed it and He will bring something good from it into our lives.

Even when Satan throws something at us to hurt us it must go through God’s love and He keep it from happening or He changes it for our good. Even when we are the cause there is a lesson to be learned.

Oh I know, we would rather believe that as Christian we won’t have any problems but that isn’t the way life is. It rains on the just and the unjust. Bad things happen to good people but God brings good out of all things. We just have to look for them. So don’t waste the bad experiences in your life. Learn the lesson so you don’t have to go through it again.

So what good is coming out of your bad?

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