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Loved Through Difficult Times

Saturday November 18, 2017

When problems arise it's easy to forget that God cares. We often feel alone and vulnerable.  Daily life continues regardless of the heartache we are feeling and somehow we have to cope.  We feel like orphans with no one to care for us.  We forget God’s promise to help us and assume He also has abandoned us.  However, God does not forget His beloved.  We just need to call on Him and He will answer us.


The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me.  I will protect those who trust in my name.  When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble.  I will rescue and honor them.  (Psalm 91:14-15 NLT)

In difficult times, rather than running from God, we need to draw closer to Him and let His unfailing love ease the pain we are feeling.  We live in a broken world where sin and sorrow impacts all individuals.  Perhaps we’ve wondered where God was when bad things happened to us.  Perhaps we were unaware that God was right there and did not seek Him for help. 


Jesus took all sin, suffering, and sorrow on Himself when He died in our place on the cross.  When we believe this, God offers us forgiveness, healing, and comfort as we put our trust in His unfailing love for us.  Regardless of life’s circumstances, God promises that He never leaves us and will hold us steady until we can effectively stand strong again. 

The eternal God is your refuge, and his everlasting arms are under you. Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down, and we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. (Deuteronomy 33:27, Isaiah 53:4-5 NLT)



Prayer:  Heavenly Father, I don’t understand suffering but I know that you do and that you offer me forgiveness, healing, and comfort because You love me.  Hold me close today.  Steady me in your love.  Amen


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