Oftentimes, we confuse the idea of “it’s all a part of God’s plan” with “God has a plan for it all.”
And that confusion matters.
Because when we tell ourselves that everything is part of His plan, it can make suffering feel unbearable to reconcile.
If God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-loving — why didn’t He step in?
Why didn’t He stop it?
Why did He allow me to live through this?
Those questions are deeply human. And they’re honest.
But reframing it this way changes something in me:
God has a plan for it all.
Not that He authored the pain.
Not that He desired the tragedy.
But that He is able to redeem it.
God has a plan to use our suffering.
A plan to use our brokenness.
A plan to take the scars we never asked for and turn them into places of compassion.
He meets us in our pain — and then, through it, gives us the ability to meet others in theirs.
Not because the suffering was good.
But because He is.
“For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver…
we went through fire and water, but you brought us to a place of abundance.”
— Psalm 66:10–12a (NIV)
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What a difference the two statements make when you search it out! Love the scripture too and all of it fills our hearts with hope and the resolve to persevere, knowing more acutely that our Master Maker, Father, and Redeemer knows everything even before it happens and had a plan even before the problem occurred to use it for His glory and to bless and care for His child in the loving manner you care for yours. To Him be the glory forever and ever! Amen.
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