By Laura Cole

Oswald Chambers said, “When we are abandoned to God, He works through us all the time.” I’ve been in a bit of a hard place recently. Not a dark place or a hopeless place, for which I am grateful, but a hard place nonetheless. Because God has chosen to allow me to live in this hard place, at least for now, my prayers have been punctuated by sometimes desperate pleas for strength. My head knows the truth but my heart has been feeling like these prayers are falling on deaf ears. Then 11 Chronicles 16:9. Really? I mean who reads Chronicles. But what a gem of a verse. “The eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him”. Hearts FULLY committed experience God’s strength. Oh Lord, I want to be committed to you fully. Even in hard times. So I can experience the miracle of your strength and joyFULLY trust You.