A Thought on Suffering

I've been listening to the testimony of someone who has suffered a great deal. She has made a something beautiful out of her suffering. We might be tempted to say that God planned for this beauty. God caused the suffering because he know what she would make of it. But this is wrong. The beauty that has come from her suffering is a tribute to how God can take suffering and make it into something beautiful. God can do wonderful things in our lives if we let him. He doesn't cause the suffering, but if we allow him, he can take manure and grow something beautiful.