A prayer for peace during hard times by Lisa Terkursd.

I know what it is to be in need and I know what it is to have plenty.

I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed

or hungry, whether living and plenty or in want.

I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

What beings for 12 through 13?

Have you ever been there?

Have you ever had a big situation in your life where you just couldn't process why God

would allow this to happen?

Maybe it's one of your young children having behavioral issues that seem crazy complicated

and daunting.

Or one of your older children is having issues with addiction and devastating life choices.

Where your husband is being distant or possibly even destructive and making choices that

are harming your marriage.

Or another year of singleness that brings you wave after wave of grief while watching

others celebrating the gift of true love.

It's so tempting to wallow in the why.

Asking why is perfectly normal.

Asking why isn't unspiritual.

However, if asking this question pushes us further from God rather than drawing us closer

to him, it is the wrong question.

If asking the why question doesn't offer hope, what will?

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