Birthmarks (of all things!)
Romans 8:28-29
It may be one of the most oft-quoted verses of the New Testament when life throws curveballs, but for the born-again Christian Romans 8:28 isn’t the end of the story. The same Apostle Paul who declared that “all things God works together for the good of those who love Him,” immediately followed up in verse 29 with a statement that clarifies and sheds light on the path of the Christ-follower’s being “conformed to the likeness of [God’s] Son.”
These birthmarks travel with us in this life. They remind us not so much of “who we are” but of “Whose we are.” They’re there through the “all things:” the sicknesses, the disappointments, the nail-biting decisions, the deaths of loved ones, the rejections, the pain, the suffering, the guilt, certainly the sorrowful repentances and pleas for forgiveness. In the midst of every last bit of the chaos and the confusion, God molds, melds, shapes the Christ-follower in order to – don’t miss this – conform us into His likeness.
Working all things out for good.
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