If You Know How to Use It

I read this morning a fascinating quote from E.Stanley Jones:

"A young army officer said this, 'Weather, in war, is always favorable, if you know how to use it.' That is the point--if you know how to use it.  The fact is that everything that comes to you in life is favorable--if you know how to use it." 

I look at the day before me and grimace over the tasks, but then I wonder, Is everything favorable if I know how to use it?

I look out at the icy rain and frown over the weather, but then I ask myself:  How can I use this? 

Beautiful things are coming; I'm already choosing joy.  Over these last 600 blog entries, I'm learning to use whatever comes in order to learn, grow, and find beauty. That's God promise, and I find that He keeps it. 

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Do you know how to use whatever you're going through?