Daily Devotion (English) – 14.06.2021

Good out of loss

“We know that all things work together for good to those who love God…” - Romans 8:28

Graham Staines, an Australian Christian missionary landed in Keonjhar district, in Odisha and worked with leprosy patients and spread the message of the Lord and His love. On 22nd January, 1999, Graham Staines along with his two sons Philip and Timothy was burnt to death while they were sleeping in the car by a group of extremists. His wife Gladys Staines who was forlorn with her daughter said that she had forgiven the murderers of her husband and sons and had no bitterness for them because God has forgiven her. That message was given as the headlines in all the newspapers in India. A writer of biography approached Gladys Staines and put forth a question. He asked, “God never makes mistakes. His every move is for our own good. If so, how do you view the loss of your husband and dear sons? Did God do it for good?” When the embarrassing question was asked, she replied that it was for good only. She said, “Staines’ dream of running a hospital for the leprosy patients has blossomed just a year after his death. God has made it possible. God orchestrates everything to work towards something good.” She added with enthusiasm that “My husband and children had accomplished the work entrusted to them; We are kept alive still. We need to carry out the work assigned to us. The world never stops going around.” 

Dear sisters and brothers, we may be grieving the loss of our beloved ones in our family, the friends, relatives and men of God. Let the Lord of peace comfort and console us! The Lord God who numbers even the very hairs of our head and who watches over us never makes mistakes. Let us rely on God’s strength to accept this truth, though it is difficult to agree in this situation. 

He who has promised that “In my father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; I go to prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself” is with us. Let us all anticipate anxiously His return. Till then let us keep carrying out our responsibilities, duties and missionary work. Let the peace of God which surpasses all understanding guard our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus, Amen! 

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