If you're discouraged, remember every good story has a conflict. Here's Nancy DeMoswalgemuth.

God is writing a story that you cannot see, and he doesn't always do what you think he should do or

wish he would do, but you can know that he is wise and he is good.

Today we'll discover ways parents can handle that kind of pain. I'm

Danna Gress and you're listening to the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy

Damas Walgamuth, co-author of You Can Trust God to Write Your Story.

It's February 2nd, 2023.

I have some sweet friends whose young adult children

have had many many different issues that have kept these

parents on their knees over the course of many years and some of them are health And some of them are health issues, some of them are relational issues,

dating issues, marriage issues, moral issues, work issues, lots of challenges, and I've watched this couple

who love their children dearly

go through this season that's not been a short one and it's not over and I've watched

them commit their children to the Lord, pray for their children and pray and

pray and pray and keep praying for their children and I've also watched God do an amazing work of grace in the lives of these

parents. Now we've seen some answers to prayer with their kids but a lot of

prayer is still awaiting answers. This is not quick, it's not easy,

it's not clean and neat, and anybody who has children knows what I'm talking about. The things that,

you know, there's no textbook written that covers your child and

their relationship with God and all that goes into that so I thought about this

family and others that I know and love as I've been meditating on Job chapter one which we started looking at yesterday.

We're continuing today as we get wisdom and perspective for parents and for all of us from the first chapter of

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