I flipped open my book of devotions to a random page.
Between my husband’s job being in jeopardy and my own
troubles at work, I was in need of some spiritual guidance.
Perhaps God would point me to a passage I needed to see.
A verse jumped off the page: Isaiah 40:31. “They
that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength,” it read,
“they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk,
and not faint.”
Not the guidance I was looking for. I needed answers,
may be even a solution. I wanted another verse, but before I
could turn the page, I heard a thud and our cat screeching.
“Me-oooow!”
Now what had she gotten into? I ran toward the commo-
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book lay open. Something on the page caught my eye.
There, in bold print, the author had quoted the very same
verse I’d just read: Isaiah 40:31.
All right, Lord. I get it. I guess when God wants to give a
message, he makes sure it gets delivered.
—Christina Friberg, THORNTON, COLORADOILL
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His Humorous Ways
When God Laughs
MYSTERIOUS WAYS | AUG/SEPT 2019