A woman I am consulting with offered this reference and I love it! Thanks Kitti M:
"...I love the hope God gives us especially when everything goes sour and He reminds us through His Word and others that He is a God of hope and good plans and a future. My only concern is that the ultimate thing we have to place our trust in is God alone, not the hope of changed circumstances. It's a very small nuance, but one I believe the scripture teaches...I think any story about hope has to include the kind Daniel's three friends relied on: "If you throw us in the fire, the God we serve can rescue us from your roaring furnace and anything else you might cook up, O king. But even if he doesn't, it wouldn't make a bit of difference, O king. We still wouldn't serve your gods or worship the gold statue you set up" Daniel 3:17-18 God is a "present help in time of trouble" in those "even if he doesn't times" - that's what makes stories like the ones you want to tell so strong!
What a wise woman of God ... I just love story of SM & A (AKA: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego) Love to say their names, they flow Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego)
Read Daniel 3: just read the whole darn thing, it'll do you good! "They didn't even smell of smoke!" that is our GOD ... He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow ... ifyou feel you are in the fire, PRAY and Jesus will be with you ... you can come out with your eyebrows intact, no burns, singes or even hint of smoke!
We serve an awesome GOD! Amen we do!
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