We are never alone

2nd Cor 1:3-11

We too will find ourselves in situations that seem far beyond our ability to endure.  Maybe problems in our church have left us overwhelmed.  Perhaps finances are a trial.  Maybe parentinf has left you feeling exhausted and inadequate.  Maybe living a godly life in a gidless workplace seems like an impossible calling.  Or maybe you feel defeated by soured family relationships.  Where do you feel like you are beyond your ability to endure?  The Bible speaks into just that kind of experience.  God enters our stories with the hope of Christ and shows us where we are and where we need to go.

You and I do not have to be lost in the middle of our own stories.  We do not have to wonder how we got where we are and how we will get where we need to be.  You can know exactly what Christ has provided so that you can live as he has called you to live.  As he did with Paul, God meets us and changes us in the middle of life's challenges.  The heat may not go away.  In fact, it may get hotter!  Yet we are never alone.  God is with us to provide the grace we need to face what he calls us to face.

Timothy S. Lane & Paul David Tripp