Today I have been meditating on the scripture Romans 8:28, “All things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose” (NKJV). I have heard that scripture quoted many times over the years, and yet when I was walking through “the valley of the shadow of death” experience the moment that I found out my mom had passed away, those words sounded very hollow to me. I remember crying out to God the day she died and asking the proverbial question, “why”? How could taking the only source of love in my short broken life work together for my good? I…