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Understanding Life’s Trials Bible in a Year: 1 Kings 6–7; Luke 20:27–47 To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his. Job 12:13 Job 12:13–25 My friend’s father received the dreaded diagnosis: cancer. Yet, during the chemo treatment process, he became a believer in Jesus and his disease eventually went into remission. He was cancer free for a wonderful eighteen months, but it returned—worse than before. He and his wife faced the reality of the returned cancer with concern and questions but also with a faithful trust in God because of how He saw them through the first time. We won’t always understand why we’re going through trials. This was certainly the case for Job, who faced horrendous and unexplainable suffering and loss. Yet despite his many questions, in Job 12 he declares that God is mighty: “What he tears down cannot be rebuilt” (v. 14) and “to him belong strength and insight” (v. 16). “He makes nations great, and destroys them” (v. 23). Throughout this extensive list, Job doesn’t mention God’s motives or why He allows pain and suffering. Job doesn’t have the answers. But still despite everything, he confidently says, “to God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his” (v. 13). We may not understand why God allows certain struggles in our lives, but like my friend’s parents, we can put our trust in Him. The Lord loves us and has us in His hands (v. 10; 1 Peter 5.7). Wisdom, power, and understanding are His! Today's Reflection What struggle are you going through? How does it help to know that God is with you? 
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The older I get, the more I am aware of God's constant presence. I have to admit that when I was younger, sometimes it was only in the midst of a bad time that I would become more aware of it. That is a unique and fascinating picture. Did you chose it or did it come with the reading? Do you know where it is? I would like to know more about it. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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