“Adversity is the soil where victory is grown.”

A thought by Stan Toler (2014-01-28) from his book, The Buzzards Are Circling But God's Not Finished With Me Yet (Kindle Location 407). Beacon Hill Press. Kindle Edition.

Oh I wish that we all really understood that.

Last night I went to Stables to buy something I needed. I was not in one of the best of moods. I bought it and I thought I had put the sales receipt in my pocket and then I went home. When I realized that I had bought the wrong thing I started looking for the receipt and when I couldn’t find it I started becoming very upset and in no way does that help. I just couldn’t find it so I got in the car to go back to the store to see if they would exchange it without the receipt. I got out and was walking up to the store but I decided to go back to the look in the car again and I looked down and there was the receipt on the ground where I had dropped it earlier. I then picked it up and went in and exchanged the wrong thing for something that was better and that even cost less.

And as I was going out I thought about the fact that God helps us even when we have made a mistake. That negative problem reinforced the fact that God works all things out for my good even when my negative attitude caused the problem.

I like how Stan puts it, “We don’t have to go looking for God when the storms come. He’s already there. There isn’t a single drop of rain that is unfamiliar to Him. The winds and the waves are His humble servants...We can be assured that if our world crumbles, He is able to repair it. After all, He holds the patent on it!”

So what are you anxious about today?

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