My father's misquote of Romans 8:28 took on great meaning at the time of his death in a truck/train wreck. It has become my most helpful verse of Scripture.

“Everything works out for the best.”
These words he kept deep in his chest.
When times in our life
Were packed full of strife,
He’d say, “Everything works out for the best.”

Where did he get these strange words?
Was it something he thought he had heard?
He just found those words great
Like Romans eight-twenty-eight.
“Everything works out for the best.”

“Everything works out for the best.”
He often put these words to the test.
He believed they were true
And he’d pass them to you.
“Everything works out for the best.”

His life was taken too soon
On that February afternoon.
But his worlds echoed loud
To that large funeral crowd.
“Everything works out for the best.”

His words are still with me today.
They come to my mind when I pray.
My faith has be led
By these words that he said.
“Everything works out for the best.”