Life is like a box of chocolates

There seems to be an element of truth in the saying "life is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you are going to get next!". It's true that we do not have a lot of influence outside of ourselves. For example, you cannot control what other people think about you or day about you. We can commentate about events but seldom have influence to necessarily change events. 
However, we do have the absolute influence over what we think about situations and and life events including what we think about other people.  

The Bible says that "as a man thinks so is he". We are empowered to process what happens in life. For example, we can react or we can respond.  We can choose to allow God's grace to work good through life events or we can judge and react.  It is often tempting and perhaps easier in the short term to react but the way of grace is to let God fill the apparent gaps including that which you and I are powerless to change.

God redeems.  God restores.  Let him work in the family, the work place and the local church.
Be blessed, 
Ross and Diane.