Read this insightful interpretation of Romans 8:28-29 last nite.

We know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son.

We know-- Our hope in difficult times is not based on positive thinking, wishful thinking, or natural optimism. It is a certainty based on the truth that God is in complete control of our universe and that he loves us.

everything-- God's plan for your life involves all that happens to you, including your mistakes, your sins, and your hurts. It includes illness, debt, disasters, divorce(eh.. ), and death of loved ones. God can bring good our of the worst evil. He did at Calvary.

to work together-- not separately or independently. The events in your life work together in God's plan. They are not isolated acts but interdependent parts of the process to make you like Christ. To bake a cake you must use flour sat raw eggs sugar and oil. Eaten individually, each is pretty distasteful. But bake them together and they become delicious. If you will give God all your distasteful, unpleasant experiences, he will blend them together for good.