God and COVID-19

   Romans 8... “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.  For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.  For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God...And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose.”

Genesis 45... “Then Joseph said to his brothers, ‘Come close to me.’   When they had done so, he said, ‘I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt!  And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.  For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping.  But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.’”

   We all know the story of Joseph, how God used intended evil for good, and to preserve a remnant for Himself. God brought forgiveness and restoration to a family that was torn apart because of sin. This is a picture o ...

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