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January 29, 2022

God’s Timing

R. G. Wood (Ohio, USA)

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Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. - Proverbs 19:21 (NIV)

Earlier in my career as a speech-language pathologist, I received yearly contracts to work in a particular school district. One year, when July rolled around, I had no contract. Reluctantly, I took work at a nursing facility. I was deeply unsatisfied, but my wife told me repeatedly, “It’s only a...

Today's Prayer
O Lord, help us to remember that you are forever faithful, even when we can’t see the bigger picture. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Today's Reading
Ecclesiastes 3:9-13

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Even when I don’t fully understand, I will trust God.

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