Not a perfect world

In a perfect world we could do right and expect to get right in return. Whenever we did something good we would know that good things would also come our way. We would expect that everyone we treated with kindness would give us kindness back. Isn't it obvious that we are not in a perfect world. This world we live in has fallen. We can do everything right and still at times receive results that are poor. It is a stubborn, frustrating reality. The beauty in all of this of course, are the promises of God. The Psalmist declared, "Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all." (Psalm 34:19) We cannot expect to have a trouble free existence, but we can expect the faithfulness of a loving God to carry us through. Work it out!