Max Lucado Do you recite your woes more naturally than you do heaven’s strength?

No wonder life’s tough. You’re assuming God isn’t in this crisis.

Isabel spent her first three and a half years in a Nicaraguan orphanage.

As with all orphans, her odds of adoption diminished with time. And then the door slammed on her finger!

Why would God permit this innocent girl to feel even more pain?

Might He be calling the attention of Ryan Schnoke sitting in the playroom nearby? He and his wife had been trying to adopt a child for months!

Ryan walked over, picked her up, and comforted her.

Several months later, Ryan and Christina were close to giving up, and Ryan remembered Isabel.

Little Isabel is now growing up in a happy, healthy home.

A finger in the door? God doesn’t manufacture pain, but He certainly puts it to use! Your crisis? You’ll get through this!"

God is in the Crisis by Max Lucado

From You’ll Get Through This

Listen to UpWords with Max Lucado at OnePlace.com

(Used by permission)

MY SOVEREIGN GUIDE

I am refreshed, dear Jesus,
By the little things You do.
You speak to me in different ways
But I always know it's You.

Today I heard a serenade
When I awoke at dawn,
And I still felt Your presence
After the songbirds had gone.

You often send me rainbows
When sun reflects on glass.
In troubling times, they speak to me,
"This too, my child, shall pass."

Sometimes a word pops off the page
While I'm spending time with You.
Your Word shines light upon my path,
Confirms what I'm to do.

You always know what's best for me;
I trust Your perfect plan.
I'm blessed that You're my Sovereign Guide,
The Awesome, Great I AM.

by Frances Gregory Pasch

Double Vision: Seeing God in Everyday Life Through
Devotions and Poetry by Frances Gregory Pasch
published by Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas.
(Pg. 84)

Used by permission

Let’s pray:

Father, we're coming to you for Your help and guidance, as we understand our need today.

Please help us see You in our lives, and in the lives of those we know, that You are busy working things for our good.

Forgive us for questioning You, and guide us in our ability to seek after You for all our concerns.

Thank You for making Your will plain to us as we come to You for help. May our wills line up with Yours for us. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen

Today’s Bible verse: Jer. 10:10a "But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king."

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