“She called his name Ben-Oni; but his father called him Benjamin (son of my right hand) (Genesis 35:18)

Rachel, the wife of Jacob, was overwhelmed with sorrow that she was dying in bringing Benjamin into the world, so she named him "son of my sorrow". Jacob, on the other hand, was ecstatic that he had a son who could replace Joseph in his affections. Only God can weigh circumstances and say what’s best. Just when you’re tempted to think "all these things are against me", God shows you another way of looking at the circumstances, so you end up saying, “all things worked out for the best”. Imagine how amazing it must be to look at things from God’s eternal perspective. 

 Saints trust in God enough to believe He’ll make a way, where there seems to be no way. It’s more than optimism, or thinking the glass is half full. It’s believing a good and loving God is in control regardless of the circumstances. It’s faith in God, working through love (Galatians 5:6). “Love suffers long and is kind ... thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things” (1 Corinthians 13:4-7).  

When Christ promised His saints, “Not a hair of your head shall be lost. By your patience possess your souls” (Luke 21:18-19), He didn’t mean they wouldn’t suffer physical harm. Look at the context: “You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death. And you will be hated by all for My name's sake” (Luke 21:16-17). The Greek word translated patience, means in context, “submission to the Lordship of Christ”. As long as you remain in submission to the Lordship of Christ, the worst thing that can happen to you is you die and enter into eternal bliss. And for every second you endure on Earth, you’ll live over 10,000 years in heaven. That’s the eternal perspective.