God the Great Recycler

In the course of preaching on Romans 5:1-11, I was reminded that God does not let any of our life experience go to waste but takes all the strands of joy and of pain, hope and trouble, love and grief and weaves them into the tapestry of our lives, making us who we are.

When in Romans 5 Paul talks about taking pride in troubles, I believe he is taking pride not in having troubles but taking pride (boasting) of God's ability to recycle the troubles of our lives into this tapestry being created that becomes us.

If God has the ability to transform ( read "recycle") the cross, the death of Jesus into a doorway to reconciliation and saving hope, then no trouble is safe from God's recycling power.

This begs the question:  What is God recycling right now in our lives, even in mysterious and unseen ways?