March 15: WHEN WE'RE DESPERATE FOR RIGHT ANSWERS,…

Affirmation: It’s okay not to be okay. I allow myself to feel what I feel.
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Ponder, Personalize and Practice:  Make this your prayer this morning and look for God’s guidance as you go through the day in the form of truth, hope, great love and mercy.


“Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.“ ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭25‬:‭5‬-‭6


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Reading for Today
Walk in Grace. Live in Love. by Bob Goff

March 15

WHEN WE'RE DESPERATE FOR RIGHT 
ANSWERS, GOD DOESN'T JUST SEND US INFORMATION. HE SENDS US WISE FRIENDS. 

Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. 
GALATIANS 6:2 

 

If you haven't hit a time in life when you're crawling beneath rock bottom, you probably know someone who has. It happens when you're married to the love of your life and divorce papers arrive. It happens when the faith that stitched you together begins to unravel. It happens when someone you've loved leaves you or breaks an important promise. Without warning, the lights go out inside of us, we have no candles to light, and we don't know how to walk in the dark. 


When our lives fall apart, we don't need trite answers; we need a couple of solid friends. We need presence. We need someone holding our hand for the diagnosis or staying by our side when our big mistake goes public—-and viral. We need a friend when we courageously head to rehab to address the problem or to court to receive the verdict. Occasionally we need people to gently ask us the right questions, but more often than not we need friends who will give us a hug and then listen with big ears and seemingly endless amounts of time. 


When we're looking for answers, sometimes God sends us wise friends. When He doesn't tell us which way to go, He'll bring people to go with us instead. It's important to know what to look for when we feel like we're falling apart, because God doesn't often send what we think we need. He sends us what He knows we need. 


Who's hurting around you? Is it possible God could send you to love them without having you say a word or make a suggestion? Who has been there for you during an uncertain time? Drop them a note. Let them know it mat­tered. Next time your world is turned upside down, look for friends instead of answers. God's lifeboats usually come in the form of people. 


What can you do for someone today whose life is unraveling? 

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