If you ever think God isn't answering my prayer, Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth has this to say.

He doesn't always answer prayers on our timetable. But that doesn't mean that he is unmoved by our

cries or that he is unresponsive to our needs. Welcome to the Reviver Hearts podcast for December 27th, 2022.

I'm Dana Gresh.

Our host is Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of The Quiet Place.

At a recent recording session, I asked our studio audience this question.

How has the Lord been your strength?

How has he been your shield?

How have you trusted in him? How has he helped you in this past year? A woman named Christine shared a

heart-wrenching trial that she and her family faced a year ago in December of 2021.

We had a very close friend and my sister, sick with COVID, one hospitalized, one bearing it out at home, praying for both of them to live.

And one didn't, and one did.

So my sister is living, but our good friend passed.

He was only 52, leaving behind a young widow, Christine's

best friend. So how did Christine and her friends and family make it through? Just praying,

obviously, through that, you know, for the Lord's strength and crying out to him with everything we had and just trusting him that he's God, he

knows best, and understanding that he is a good father and he desires good gifts for his children.

And even though we don't understand it right now, I know someday we will.

Christine is modeling for all of us how to view a difficult situation with eyes of faith.

The kind of faith that trusts God when you can't see what he's doing.

Christine's soul is anchored to the God that she knows is both strong and good.

What a blessing. This month, our theme has been the idea that no matter how hard the winds are blowing, our anchor holds.

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