Just a thought by coppi

Paul asks the question in Romans 8:31: “If God is for us, who can be against us?” 

The question isn’t simply, “Who can be against you?” You could answer that one. 

Who is against you? Disease, inflation, corruption, and exhaustion. Calamities-confront us and fears imprison. Were Paul’s question, “Who can be against us?” we could list our foes much easier than we could fight them. “From MaxLucado The Lucado Inspirational Reader

For every crucifixion, a resurrection is waiting to follow – perhaps not immediately but the possibility is there.  Quote from John Ashcroft book ‘Lessons from a Father to his Son’.

I use to have a hard time with the “IF God is for me” because I wasn’t so sure at times He was, but the next verse reads “Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else?” Romans 8:32.  I have now replaced the IF with “SINCE God is for me” – I like that better.  I had a dear friend at Adams Golf tell me “Coppi, you have made lemonade out of some of the lemons that were thrown your way in life” and my immediate thought was “Since God is for me, I was able to face the fears, calamities, and foes and not let myself bog down underneath them”.  Not easy, but SINCE He is for me, calamities, sickness, hardship, inflation, etc can be released to Him.  For every crises there is a resurrection.  It might not be immediate but it is possible.  I think of how horrible the crucifixion was for our Lord and what He endured for us, but then I remember the glory of His resurrection and what all He accomplished for us….”Grace glorious grace, at the cross you called it finished, Grace wonderful grace at the cross all my sin is covered”….crucifixion but then came the resurrection!  That is the way I handle the lemons thrown my way in life because I know a resurrection will come!