God Brings Help

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1, RSV

"To the objection "I prayed and cried out for help, but no help came," the answer is "But it did. The help was there. It was right at hand. You were looking for something quite different, perhaps, but God brought the help that would change your life into health, into wholeness for eternity. ... "

Instead of asking why the help has not come, the person at prayer learns to look carefully at what is actually going on in his or her life, ... and ask, "Could this be the help that he is providing? I never thought of this in terms of help, but maybe it is."

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"God Brings Help", God's Message for Each Day by Eugene Peterson