But God

I exchanged emails with a supervisor at work recently. She asked for my opinion on a billing situation. I replied that the issue could be resolved easily, but (and this is a Kardashian butt), the insurance company would need to pay correctly. She came to my office, laughing about my characterization of the size of that "but."

There are some pretty big "buts" in God's Word, too. Our Heavenly Father has a way of completely turning around a bad situation into something really great.

Always remember, when you can't seem to handle a burden on your own, let God take control and watch Him work. Here are some of my favorite "buts" in scripture.

Romans 5:6-8 (KJV)
⁶ For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
⁷ For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
⁸ But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Acts 13:28-30 
²⁸ And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
²⁹ And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
³⁰ But God raised him from the dead:



Romans 6:16-18 
¹⁶ Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
¹⁷ But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
¹⁸ Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.


1 Corinthians 1:26-27 
²⁶ For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
²⁷ But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;


1 Corinthians 2:9-10  
⁹ But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
¹⁰ But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.


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Notable Quote:

"If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who control the little things. It is we, of course, to whom things look 'little' or 'big.'"--Elisabeth Elliot