Hello, I'm Sochildixon.

I'm looking forward to sharing today's encouragement from our daily bread.

God hears us.

The first grader called the number for emergency dispatch.

The 911 operator answered,

I need help, said the boy.

I have to do takeaways.

The operator proceeded to assist until he heard a woman enter the room and say,

Johnny, what are you doing? Johnny explained that he couldn't do his math

homework, so he did exactly what his mother had taught him to do when he needed help. He called 911.

To Johnny, his current need qualified as an emergency. To the compassionate listener,

helping the young boy with his homework was top priority in that moment. When the

Psalmist David needed help, he said in Psalm 39, Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be.

Remind me that my days are numbered, how fleeting my life is.

He said, my hope is in God.

So he pleaded for him to hear and answer his cry for help. Then, strangely, he asked God to look away from him.

Though David's needs remain unspoken, throughout Scripture, he declared that God would always be with him, hearing, and answering his prayers.

Our confidence in God's constancy allows us to process our fickle feelings, while affirming

there's no request too big or too small for the unchanging one. He hears us, cares for us, and answers every

prayer we utter. Today's our daily bread devotional scripture reading is from Psalm 39, verses 4 to 13.

Show me, Lord, my life's end and the number of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.

You have made my days a mere hand-breadth. The span of my years is as nothing before you.

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