Does the Bible Say, "When God Closes a Door, He Opens a Window"?

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When God closes a door, he opens a window. Log that one among everyone's favorite bible verses not found in the bible.

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Where does this saying come from anyway? Well you can thank Rodgers and Hammerstein for the phrase the way we have it.

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In The Sound of Music, the main character Maria says, When the Lord closes a door, somewhere he opens a window.

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So hey, maybe you did not get that job or the house you wanted and your dreams didn't come true. But cheer up, when

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God closes a door, he opens a window. You know it sounds like you just said God's way is not as great as your way.

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Have you considered that maybe God shut your door because he wanted you in the house when it came down? That's the part we don't like to think about.

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We don't want to imagine that God would ever make us go through anything hard. But 2 Corinthians 1 .9

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says this is to make us rely not on ourselves, but on God who raises the dead.

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Romans 8 .29 says it's to make us more like Christ. James 1 .2 -4 says, Count it all joy, my brothers, when you face trials of various kinds.

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For you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

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Rather than saying, when God closes a door, he opens a window, consider Psalm 37. The steps of a man are established by the

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Lord, when he delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the