I see a challenge to myself in this chapter. When my life stinks...as it does from time to time....I don't think I ever stop to look at how that situation is helpful to others.
Paul is in prison, possibly facing death, and he stops to look around at how that is benefiting others and the church.
I have spent many months job-hunting...to no use up til now. And there are days when that really really stinks. Stay-at-home-mom world is its own sort of prison. I entered it voluntarily, but I have long been ready to leave it. I get wrapped up in my own frustration and anger over the issue - and don't have Paul's ability to look around me at what good can come of a situation that is not beneficial to me personally.
Time to step back a bit and look for what God can do in spite of rocky times - or even because of them.
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