🌞 Good morning,

Today, let's explore what it means when God's ways don't make sense to us.

Have a blessed day.

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📖 Verse of the Day

Reflection:

When everything's falling apart, "God's ways are higher than your ways" can feel like the least comforting verse in the Bible. It can sound like divine dismissal of our pain.

But consider this: A child watching their parent work doesn't understand why they leave every morning. They only know the absence hurts. They can't grasp that the leaving enables the providing, that the temporary separation ensures permanent security.

We are those children. We see abandonment where God sees preparation. We see punishment where God sees protection. We see closed doors where God sees redirected destiny.

The distance between heaven and earth isn't just physical—it's the gap between seeing this moment and seeing all of eternity at once. Between making decisions based on comfort and making them based on glory. Between our definition of good and God's definition of perfect.

This isn't about God being mysterious. It's about God being so good that even His disruptions are kindnesses, His denials are gifts, and His delays are deliverances. One day, from His perspective, it will all make perfect sense.

Ask Yourself:

• What areas of my life am I trying to control, instead of trusting in God's higher ways?

• What am I demanding to understand that I might need to simply trust?

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🙏 Prayer of the Day

Dear God,

I know Your ways are perfect, but sometimes I just wish I understood them. When my plans don't match Yours, when Your timing feels painfully slow, when Your answers leave me confused—I struggle to remember that You see what I can't.

Your Word says Your thoughts are as high above mine as heaven is above earth. Help me trust that distance. Help me believe that the God who sees all of eternity knows exactly what I need today. Thank You that I'm safe in Your higher ways.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

🖋 Quote of the Day

"God is too good to be unkind, and He is too wise to be mistaken. And when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart."

— Charles Spurgeon

🎵 Worship Song of the Day

"Way Maker" by Leeland

A powerful reminder that God is working even when we can't see the way—perfect for trusting His higher perspective.

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