The Sovereignty of God and Bad Circumstances

Over the past year and a half, I have come to rest more and more in the sovereignty of God. It has been a deepening realization and the more that I come to grips with God's sovereignty, the more peace and joy I feel even when confronted with bad circumstances or pain. We are seeing the sovereinty of God in my cousin Brian's life. God has used this time of Brian's incarceration to help Brian have a deeper relationship with Him. We are so encouraged by what God is doing in Brian through this awful time and it is becoming more clear that this was indeed part of God's plan for him... Not that God ever desires evil, unjust things to happen. Yet He is sovereign over these things, using them for His purposes and for good.

In recent letters from Brian, he writes that this experience will always remind him that God is in control of his life. He also wrote that this has helped him realize how much God loves him !!! His relationship with the Lord has obviously grown and he has changed and matured in many ways. So through this unjust tragedy in his life, God is working and it is good!

Brian has had a good testimony in this jail. The sheriff has said that Brian's attitude has been great. He is quite a contrast from the others that come and go through there. The Christian books that he's been reading, sent to him by my mom, have been passed around to other inmates. Who knows what impact that will have on many other lives? God can use Brian and those books to bring others to him.

Please continue to pray for Brian. This is very hard and he's got a long wait until the end of July for the trial. But I am praising God in this because He is in control and He is a loving and good Father.