God’s Twists and Turns
Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. When it comes to working out his plan in our lives, God delights in using lots of twists and turns. For instance: After 70 years in exile, the Israelites finally received permission from the king of Persia to rebuild the temple — but rebuilding it turned out to be harder than they thought.
Because after they started, their enemies showed up. The bad guys even wrote a letter to the Persian king, asking him to stop God’s people from building the temple. Yet just when it looked like the enemy had won, God showed the Israelites he was greater than their enemies. Because through a strange turn of events, the Lord arranged for Israel’s enemies to pay for the rebuilding!
So, Friend, if you feel God’s provided an opportunity and it hasn’t come through, don’t lose heart in him. Remember, when it comes to his plan, he loves designing twists and turns; he specializes in arranging strange turns of events. So don’t worry, he will come through with an ending that may well surprise even you.
Let’s Talk About Suffering: What Does it Mean to “Suffer Strong?” – Katherine Wolf
Crystal Keating talks with Katherine Wolf, a trailblazer when it comes to disability and suffering. In 2008, at 26 years old, just 6 months after having a new baby boy, Katherine miraculously survived a catastrophic stroke. Now profoundly disabled, Katherine has learned to take joy in doing hard things in the good story God is writing in her life. Katherine and her husband Jay have used their second-chance lives to disrupt the myth that joy can only be found in a pain-free life.
