I snuggled up in my favorite “prayer chair” with my “prayer shawl” blanket that a dear Mom to Mom sister had crocheted for me. Then I gasped in delight as I saw the sweet faces appear on my laptop screen, one by one. These were the precious women in my Mom to Mom small group who I had been missing during these days of isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is Mom to Mom, “social distancing” style!
Read MoreThis was the exact question a neighbor asked me yesterday as Woody and I were out walking.
Two responses came to my head, though I am not exactly sure what came out of my mouth at the time.
First, He is where He always is—in control, powerful, loving, and sovereign. Of course, that one statement raises all kinds of questions. Lots of “But why does He/doesn’t He . . . ?” So what I think I said to my friend was, “He is totally in control, the God He has always been. Even though I do not know—cannot know—what He is doing.”
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