Finding Hope, Day 16

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Lord, I Feel Numb

For we are God’s handiwork,
created in Christ Jesus to do good works,
which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10

I didn’t feel like God’s handiwork. I was a mess. I could hardly function and certainly didn’t consider myself capable of doing good works. But how I felt didn’t change God’s plans. I was the short-sighted one, not Him. I was blindsided by tragedy that left me broken and bleeding, but God wasn’t bewildered. His plans for me preceded my pain and, rather than thwart His purposes, my brokenness merged with His design. I write this now but it took time and grace to come to this point.

If God was finished with me, I would have died with my daughter, but I’m here, walking with a limp but breathing and alive. In advance of my tragedy—in advance of my life—God prepared good things for me to do. His plans were not derailed when catastrophe barged into my life, despite what my enemy Despair told me.

So, I return to the beginning of today’s passage and confess that God loves me greatly. His mercy is rich. His grace saved me. I live in heavenly realms. The Lord’s purposes for me prevail—and therefore, so will I.

God isn’t finished with you, broken one. You are God’s handiwork and He has prepared good things for you to do—maybe not today, maybe not next week, but there is a future you cannot see. He will restore you.

Wait on Him. Just quiet yourself and wait.

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