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Prayer for Choosing to Believe God is Good

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Romans 8, 28 And

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we know that for those who love God, all

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things work together for good, for those who are

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called according to His purpose. An

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absolute bundle of nervous energy, she sat

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across from me in the small counseling

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room trying to wrap her mind around

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the positive pregnancy test confirmed on the

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sheet of paper in front of her. Her

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stress had everything to do with her stage

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of life and the total and radical shifting

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of priorities and plans a new baby meant.

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Instead of the freedoms of retirement

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calling her name, long sleepless nights,

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pantrums, diapers, and the realities and

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risks of being an older mom

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now loomed in the not so

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distant future, she'd been living

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happily in one reality. And

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now a new one inserted itself into her

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life without permission, or so she thought.

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I've never been a fan of, well, that

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option, she said, but I just don't know

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if I can do this again. What

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if something's wrong with the baby? What

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if it affects my health negatively? What

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if having this baby makes it harder for me to

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take care of the children I already have?

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These were the questions plaguing her and

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I understood completely. With only a

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few years between us, I knew that

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her fears would be my exact fears. What

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if I were to find myself pregnant and

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expecting a child in my mid forties? As

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I listened to her rattle off statistics about all

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of the things that could possibly go wrong, a

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small question began to form in my mind. When

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she paused to take a breath, I looked at

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her and quietly asked it, do you

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believe God is good? As a

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professing Christian, she quickly said yes. But

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then I asked her a follow up question. If

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the very worst possible scenario were to

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happen with this pregnancy, would you

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still believe God is good and that his plans for

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you are good? And then she began

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to cry. Romans 8 28

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is a familiar and beloved verse to Christians

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around the world. Most of

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us can quote it word for word and often

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do, especially when things don't seem all that good.

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I remind myself frequently that the words

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all things really do mean all things.

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God works the good, the bad, and the ugly

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together for our good when we belong to Him.

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But it isn't really the words all things that

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I struggle with about this verse. No,

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if I'm honest, I struggle with another

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word entirely. Good. Most

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of the time, I have to face the fact

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that what I define as good may or may

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not be what God defines as good. And

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sometimes it takes what seems bad in the

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moment to produce a greater good God wants

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to work in my life for His glory.

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Let's pray. Father, I believe

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you're good and that your plans for me are good.

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But in the heat of the moment, I

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often confuse my definition of good with yours.

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Help me to see the circumstances of my

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life through the lens of your word and

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to remember that I can trust you no matter

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what comes my way. Make

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me confident in your goodness so that I can

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live in a way that others see you

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in me. In Jesus name.

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