Today's readings are Judges 6.1-24 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Judges+6.1-24 ) and Acts 14.19-15.5 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Acts+14.19-15.5 ).
Think you're having a bad day? Our culture seems obsessed with its bad fortune. We're tired, too busy, nourished inappropriately, depressed, oppressed, repressed, and unpressed (in the sartorial line, that is). We are overworked, underpaid, and get no respect whatever.
Look at the characters in our readings. They are having a bad day indeed. What is our Lord's response to the evil situations these people are in? All is well. God is on the throne. He will bring all to rights in his good time. All our present afflictions are but light. Our suffering, however, is not trivial to our Lord. He understands our pain. He knows us. And his mercy and grace are sufficient for us. See how when the Lord visits Gideon he encourages him that all is well, then he disappears, not apparently accomplishing anything But we have a promise. God is good and he is on his throne. All is well.
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