A Prayer to Remember God Makes Everything Beautiful - Your Daily Prayer - June 10

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A Prayer to Remember God Makes Everything Beautiful By: Victoria Riollano Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Everything is beautiful in its time. I can remember a time when a verse like this would cause much frustration. I would read this verse in a time of despair and think, "Lord, how could you make this beautiful?" How could a moment of loss, tragedy, or abandonment ever be seen in a positive light? This was especially true a few years ago. In 2017, it felt like everything was falling apart. My father-in-law had passed away, my church friends had all become foes, and my husband was battling with chronic illness. During all this, I was pregnant. Although that was a joyous occasion, birthing something new amidst a sea of pain was not an enjoyable experience. Yet, I could not help but remind myself, "One day, the Lord will make this beautiful." One day, the Lord would show His glory through it all. I believe this feeling was also shared by the lame man in John 5. Though this man remains nameless, the Bible says he'd been in a paralyzed condition for 38 years. In the passage in John 5:1-5, we see a man who was desperate to be healed to avail. It is believed that the very place he laid at the Sheep Gate pool would be where angels would come at certain times, stir up the waters, and bring healing. All that was required was to be the first in the water. So, for many years the man was strategically placed to be set free from his condition. Unfortunately, time and time again, he was overlooked, step over, and never able to be the first in the pool. In just reading the words found in John, we can feel the agony and frustration he must have felt. I am certain, he would wrestle with the phrase, "He makes everything beautiful." Sometimes disappointment can make us doubt God's great plan! I am so happy that the story doesn't end here. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, "Do you want to be made well?" The sick man answered Him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me." Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your bed and walk." 9 And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. John 5:6-9   CONTINUE READING →

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