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A prayer for finding the good during hard times by Mary Sutherland.

I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places so that you may know that I am the Lord your God,

Isaiah 45-3.

I am constantly amazed at the profound truths God has tucked into the simple things of life.

Pearls are formed when a piece of grit, sand, or shell is trapped inside an oyster.

The oyster protects itself from irritation by secreting anacharious liquid that surrounds the irritant until it eventually becomes a pearl. In other words, that which begins, the in life are products of the darkest times of my life.

A battle with clinical depression stripped away years of fear and doubt,

leaving me with a new identity in Christ and a ministry I never thought possible.

The inability to have biological children made it possible to adopt our son and daughter,

Jared and Dana, giving my husband and me a gift beyond measure.

Over the years, weaknesses have given away to strengths and failures have led to successes.

God has used all of it for his glory and my good. In every

trial or difficult moment of life God has buried a treasure. To find the

treasure we must look through the trial so when the tough times come just look for the purls

Father I am so sorry for the way I complain about my circumstances.

Please forgive me for my bad attitude when things don't go my way.

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