I read this quote a few weeks ago in the book Adopted for Life, by Russell Moore. Though it can be applied to many more circumstances than just adoption, it was one of my favorite quotes in the whole book:
Providence moves forward mysteriously as God works through billions of seemingly inconsequential decisions. 'If one Egyptian tailor hadn't cheated on the threads of Joseph's mantle, Potiphar's wife would never have been able to tear it, present it as evidence to Potiphar that Joseph attacked her, gotten him thrown in prison, and let him be in a position to interpret Pharaoh's dream, win his confidence, advise him to store seven years of grain, and save his family, the seventy original Jews from whom Jesus came,' apologist Peter Kreeft writes. 'We owe our salvation to a cheap Egyptian tailor.'
I'd never thought about it that way, but I like it. When every little thing seems to be going against you, it is good to remember that God is working even in the smallest details for the good of His people.
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