{"id":107,"date":"2010-06-07T09:24:18","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T12:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldsandals.net\/?p=107"},"modified":"2010-06-07T09:24:18","modified_gmt":"2010-06-07T12:24:18","slug":"consider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/?p=107","title":{"rendered":"Consider"},"content":{"rendered":"

“When times are good, be happy. But when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one time as well as the other so that mortals cannot predict their future.” Ecc. 7:14<\/em><\/p>\n

The good times don’t always roll.\u00a0 That is just the way life is.\u00a0 And when they don’t, how should we respond? “Why me, God?”\u00a0 “This isn’t fair, God!”\u00a0 “If God is good, how could He let this happen?”\u00a0 No.\u00a0 The advice here is to stop and consider.\u00a0 Consider that God is the God of the good times and the bad times.\u00a0 He works in ways that are often mysterious to us.\u00a0 We may not be able to predict our future, but we may be certain that He alone who knows the end from the beginning has it well under control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“When times are good, be happy. But when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one time as well as the other so that mortals cannot predict their future.” Ecc. 7:14 The good times don’t always roll.\u00a0 That is just the way life is.\u00a0 And when they don’t, how should we respond? “Why … <\/p>\n

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