Today’s Reflection
WHENEVER WE FIND ourselves experiencing difficulties, we need to hold on to one bit of good news. Put very simply, it is this: God is deeply present in all the facets of our lives, even when they are painful. The Bible teaches that there is “one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all” (Eph.4:6). There is no fear, no loss, no grief, no loneliness, no despair, no addiction, no desolation, no suffering that God does not share in.
God is continually present and reaching out to us in whatever we may be going through at this moment. When we know that God is with us, even when our world is falling apart, we are more able to face the pain of situations with hope and courage.
- Trevor Hudson
The Serenity Prayer
From page 75 of The Serenity Prayer: A Simple Prayer to Enrich Your Life by Trevor Hudson. Copyright © 2012 by Trevor Hudson. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Upper Room Books. http://bookstore.upperroom.org/ Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Question
Take time to connect with God’s presence in your life. Share your thoughts.
Today’s Scripture
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
John 6:51, NRSV
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This week we remember Clare of Assisi (August 11).
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Father, sometimes when i’m fearful or hurting, just the fact that You are with me doesn’t always bring me the comfort i long for in the moment of my deepest despair. but knowing the truth that even as my world may be turned upside down that You will bring goodness and light out of the darkness of my soul gives me the courage to trust You and the desire to love You even more.
in our darkest hours, help us feel You holding us close to Your heart, Holy Father.