Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
**Daily Devotional**
When my brother-in-law was a missionary in Mali, West Africa, he was involved in a traffic accident. A man had wandered into the road in front of Chuck?s motorcycle. The cycle struck the man and sent Chuck and the bike sliding along the ground for more than 200 feet. Shortly after Chuck regained consciousness in the hospital, his doctor told him he had been ?really lucky.? Chuck smiled and replied, ?God is good.?
Later he thought about the day?s events. The man who was struck hadn?t received any permanent injuries, and Chuck would also recover from his injuries. But what if one of them had been killed? He thought, God would be no less good.
When we experience tragedy, we may wonder about God?s goodness. Is God always good? Yes, He is. He doesn?t promise that bad things will never happen to us, but He does promise to be ?our refuge and strength? (Ps. 46:1). He doesn?t promise that we will never walk through heart-wrenching circumstances, but He promises that we won?t be alone (23:4).
God is good?no matter what suffering we are experiencing. Even when we don?t understand, we can say with Habakkuk, ?Yet will I rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation? (3:18). ? Cindy Hess Kasper
O taste and see that God is good
To all who seek His face;
Yea, blest the one who trusts in Him,
Confiding in His grace. ?Psalter
God tests our faith so that we may trust His faithfulness.