All I know is that God is control of every small thing (Prov. 16:33) and every large thing (Acts 17:36-27). He determines everything and controls everything (ultimately). He does everything according to his wisdom which is too great for us to entirely comprehend (Rom 11:33-36). He also knows us entirely, including our inmost desires (Psalm 139) and what we need (Matt 6:8). He is too powerful to not know every single thing, including everything about us. For us who belong to Him through Christ, we are adopted as His children. The love a parent might have for his/her own is but a shadow of how much God loves us (1 John 3:1, Eph 3:18). He cares for us (1 Peter 5:7), and I think just as a person cares when those he/she loves is hurting, God likewise, cares very much when we also are hurting. And we will never be separated from this love (Rom 8:36-37), as God had planned our relationship with Him from start to finish (Ephesians 1-2), and has established his permanent mercy and grace for us in and through Christ. We are dearly loved by God (just like the title of paul washer’s sermon lawl). Therefore, knowing everything, determining everything, and loving us as his very children, God will ALWAYS do what is good for us. This is so much so that we are to count it pure joy in our trials (James 1, Rom 5:3-5), as God will use them to mature us and make us firm in Him—who is the Christian’s infallible source of satisfaction, hope, and strength. Nothing will get in the way of God’s love for us, his good intention, or his plan for us (to be His people, now and forever). God will conform marriage or lack of marriage to his good purpose. He will conform missionary work soon or late, or lack of missionary work to his good purpose. (though even what you do in that will be according to what he has prepared for you already—Ephesians 2:10).
Ya, I was thinking about stuff to encourage you with, but I don’t know if this is an encouragement to you. I know God will comfort you as he always does though. Prayer time I suppose? (Phil 4:6). Which reminds me of the 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 verse. God uses weakness to humble us, to draw us to Himself, to display his grace, and to perfect his power.
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