A woman complained to her father about how difficult life had become. Her dad, who worked as a chef, took her into his kitchen and told her to watch as he boiled three saucepans of water and then put carrots in one, eggs in another and ground coffee beans in the third. After a while he put the carrots and eggs in separate containers, and poured the coffee into a cup. Then he got his daughter to check out the results. She noted that the carrots had gone soft, the eggs were now hard boiled, but the coffee tasted great. It was then she got the message. They all got into hot water, but each reacted differently. The hard carrot went soft, the fragile egg became hard, but the coffee beans actually changed the hot water into something good. The question now was which one was she, and which one are we?
‘And we know that in all things God works for the good of those that love him, who have been called according to his purpose.'(Romans 8:28).