Let us remember that all things are possible with the Father on our side. Psalm 34:19 says: “Many are the afflictions of the rightous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.“
Though Senator Ted Kennedy’s son lost his leg to cancer, the senator never gave up hope that one day his son would walk again. Senator Kennedy told his son that he could do anything he set his mind to – something his son never believed. The son spoke at his father’s funeral about a sleighriding trip the two of them had taken years earlier. When the duo got to the bottom of the steep hill, the son told his father that he could never get back to the top of the hill. With gentle arms, his father picked him up and said, “We will make it to the top if it takes us all day.” And that’s just what happened. With his father’s faith and love, they made it to the top.
It’s the same with our heavenly Father. No matter how low we are, our God is always there to pick us up and bring us back up to the top of the hill. It is our choice whether we want to dwell in the valleys or be lifted to the peaks of life. All we need to do is ask God for his guidance and wisdom to bring us through the trying circumstance that arise in each of our everyday lives. We must remember that the Father is with us always and He will work everything out for our good (read Romans 8:28).
-Brenda Kirkland
Prayer for Today
Heavenly Father, Thank You for another glorious day to serve You, love You, and learn from You. Thank You that you have a will for my life and, God, help me to live it each day with gladness and rejoicing in my soul. Thank You for the promise that you will deliver me from affliction. Though life is not always easy, Lord, I know that, with You, all things are possible. Thank You, most of all, for Jesus. In His Name I pray, Amen.
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
So good Brenda! We all need to remember that!