"The Lord is good to everyone. He showers compassion on all his creation." (NLT)Mark 10:18 - "No one is good but One, that is, God." (NKJV)God is Sovereign (Not controlling - He is better to me than I ever could be to myself)Romans 8:28 - "And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them." (NLT)    • What I don't know can never change what I do know          • God is not the author of our pain but He is the redeemer of it!He is Ever PresentRevelations 21:6 - "And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give water as a gift to the thirsty from the spring of life." (HCSB)Purifying has a PurposeRomans 8:28 - "And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them." (NLT)Malachi 3:3 - "He will be like a refiner and purifier of silver;" (HCBS)