John 9

“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.”

John 9:3

This verse hits home a lot to me.  I know that I have been able to get through things in my life with the hope that some how God will use it for good.  For example, being married for 8 years we have had more than our fair share of marital problems.  There isn’t many mistakes we haven’t made that people could learn from.  Even when it seemed to be the worst days of my life, I held on to the hope that somehow God would use our experiences for good.  People would be able to see that a marriage can bounce back from almost anything as long as you let God in.  Once you invite God in and let him do his work he can make the broken whole again.  That is something I want to always remember.  I just read this poem below, tonight on someone’s myspace page that really goes with this as well.  I thought it was great poem to share.  To give credit where credit is due, It was posted by somebody with the username Fot on myspace.

As children bring their broken toys
With tears for us to mend,
I brought my broken dreams to God
Because He was my friend.

But then instead of leaving Him
In peace to work alone,
I hung around and tried to help
With ways that were my own.

At last I snatched them back and cried,
“How could you be so slow”
“My child,” He said, “What could I do?

You never did let go.”