Do you ever feel like life is a constant cycle of ups and downs? One day everything seems possible and the next everything seems impossible. Have you ever felt like you are in a pit? We humans are prone to these ups and downs. Sometimes these highs and lows are clearly beyond our own individual control. But sometimes, as scripture points out, we are fools because of our sinful ways – even if we are redeemed!

This scripture also reminds us that our God is compassionate and is always ready to respond to calls of distress. God does give us order, making a way forward when there was none. God does heal us, even if healing is unrecognizable or takes longer than we’d like. When you read the invitation “let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices,” what are you inspired to do? What song of joy helps you to declare the good things God has done?

By Becky Ullom Naugle from D365