History and its message to me

Well, finally, as promised, I have returned! *Band plays triumphant music as I make my entry* Well this post is going to differ a little bit from the ones I wrote the last year. In a way it will at least. My previous posts have all been about things I got straight out of the Bible, or my prayer life. But today it will be sometime I found while reading World History.

I was reading about France's past history . To be honest, it's a disaster a far as religion goes, once you get to the Enlightenment Age. Revolution tore it apart at the seams, Napoleon's defeats lowered morale greatly, and resulted in tons of losses for the French army . . .

 . . .And coming off reading about the Netherlands and Britain, and all the religious advances that were made through the Renaissance, it was a bit disheartening. But it did show me how much a nation can lose when they turn their back on God.

And then I thought struck me. I was sitting their, kind of mulling over all the stuff I had just read, when it occurred to me that this was all part of a plan. All this chaos and turmoil was part of God's Divine Plan for the world. It literally shook me in my seat.

No matter how much craziness there was going on, it was always (and still is) part of God's plan. I don't know about you, but that really surprised and calmed me down quite a bit. And now a verse for today!

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.  Romans 8:28 NIV