The path to Good is often cluttered with Trouble

Sometimes good things fall apart so that even better things can fall together. -- Appreciate Gratitude (@2thank)  
    Remember the story inthe Bible of Joseph and his brothers. That relationship fell apart. Who would have known then it was meant for good?  Even with the future told in dreams, the path to make it happen is unknown to us at times. 
    I don't believe that while Joseph was in the pit, which his brothers threw him it that he thought, "This is a good plan and I am on the right course."  Neither did he think that when he was in jail after being wrongfully accused. There we know he was trying to get out as he asked the cupbearer to "...remember me and show me kindness; mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison." But two full years passed with Joseph still in prison before the cupbearer remembered Joseph.
   When the cupbearer did remember and Joseph interpreted Pharoah's dream, things begin to improve dramatically for Joseph. He rose from prison to become second only to Pharoah.
   When settling with his brothers he "said to them, "Don't be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. Genesis 50:19-20
   A broken family relationship was restored, but much misery had passed this family along the way.
Could it be that you are travelling a path of trouble like Joseph. Keep up your hope and trust in God for he has said to others, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."Jeremiah 29:11
 (c) Ray Ivey

Life can be Frustrating

“Life is not an easy matter… You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.” Leon Trotsky - For more see the complete article at http://martinamcgowan.com/2012/11/7-curb-your-frustration/