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Daily Bread

When the wind blows

The Philippine Star

Blessed be the . . . God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation. — 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

                            

 

Harold and Cathy and their two sons were in a wooded area in Minnesota when a tornado touched down. Cathy described her experience to me several years later:

“My husband and older son were some distance away, but my younger son and I took cover in a cabin. We heard a sound like a hundred railroad cars and instinctively dropped to the floor in a tucked position. The cabin began to break apart, and I shut my eyes because of all the flying debris. It felt like I was going up in an elevator and then was shot into the air. I landed in a lake and clung to debris to stay afloat.”

Tragically, however, their younger son did not survive. Harold said of their loss: “We cried every day for 6 weeks. But we believe that God’s loving sovereignty allowed that tornado to come down where we were. And we also took comfort in the fact that our son knew the Lord.”

When a loved one is taken and we are left behind, it can create all kinds of questions. In times like these, Romans 8:28 can be of great encouragement: “We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” This couple’s trust in God’s loving sovereignty brought them comfort in the midst of their grief (2 Cor. 1:3-4). — Dennis Fisher

                                     

 

When we sustain a heartbreaking loss,

When grief overwhelms our soul,

The Savior who gave

Himself on the cross

Reminds us that He’s in control. — D. De Haan

                                         

 

READ: Romans 8:26-30

 

Our greatest comfort in sorrow is to know that God is in control.

 

 

The Bible in one year:

• Leveticus 8-10

CABIN

COMFORT

DE HAAN

DENNIS FISHER

GOD

HAROLD AND CATHY

LEVETICUS

SON

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