the Lord works in mysterious ways

A phrase said when things have not happened as one had hoped or expected. It implies that everything happens for a reason. I know you were really excited about that job, but maybe it's for the best that you didn't get it—the Lord works in mysterious ways, after all. I thought that getting divorced would be the worst experience of my life, but then I fell in love with my divorce lawyer. The Lord works in mysterious ways!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aurelia	ow-RE-lyah (Italian), ow-REL-yah (Polish)	Ancient Roman, Romanian, Italian, Spanish, Polish
Elisabeta	-	Romanian
Sharif	-	Arabic, Urdu, Pashto, Persian, Malay
Lawson	LAW-sən	English
Mildgy&Eth;	-	Anglo-Saxon
Prometheus	prə-MEE-thee-əs (English)	Greek Mythology