### 28. Q. How does the knowledge of God’s creation and providence help us?

**A**. We can be patient in adversity,<sup>1</sup> thankful in prosperity,<sup>2</sup> and for the future we can have good confidence in our faithful God and Father that no creature will separate us from his love.<sup>3</sup> For all creatures are so completely in his hand that without his will they can neither move nor be moved.<sup>4</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [Job 1:21-22](/index.php/get-passage/Job+1:21-22); [James 1:3](/index.php/get-passage/James+1:3)
<sup>2</sup> [Deut. 8:10](/index.php/get-passage/Deuteronomy+8:10); [1 Thess. 5:18](/index.php/get-passage/1+Thessalonians+5:18)
<sup>3</sup> [Ps. 55:22](/index.php/get-passage/Psalms+55:22); [Rom. 5:3-5](/index.php/get-passage/Romans+5:3-5); [8:38-39](/index.php/get-passage/Romans+8:38-39)
<sup>4</sup> [Job 1:12](/index.php/get-passage/Job+1:12); [2:6](/index.php/get-passage/Job+2:6); [Prov. 21:1](/index.php/get-passage/Proverbs+21); [Acts 17:24-28](/index.php/get-passage/Acts+17:24-28)