Friday, September 04, 2009

He meant it good.

You meant evil against me; but God meant it for good. (Genesis 50:20)

Charles M. Sheldon wrote [In His Steps] in 1896, and it was first published by a religious weekly magazine. The magazine's publisher failed to meet copyright regulations, so Sheldon lost legal ownership of the book. Scores of publishers then sold million of copies, and the author couldn't claim any royalties. Forty years after Charles Sheldon "lost" his book, he said, "I am very thankful that, owing to the defective copyright, the book has had a larger reading on account of the great number of publishers."

Joseph too experienced losses.... Yet he did not blame anyone. Instead he recognized that God had orchestrated the events of his life for the eventual good of others.