The Lord Knows

Isaiah 46:10 "Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:"

God knows the end from the beginning.

Back in February Snurr was struggling with his dad's death again. Every so often he wrestles with God about it. My heart ached for him. A few weeks later our pastor gave us the 40 Day Challenge. We took that challenge and Snurr in particular made a long prayer list. About halfway through the challenge, our state got hit by COVID-19. We went from being at church whenever it was open to just watching church on YouTube.

Our church is not a building or a social club. We are a family. The guy time my sons get with their brothers-in-Christ in our church is very important. For my social bug Snurr,  guy time is something he can never get enough of. A bottomless cup.  I particularly prayed for him during this no church time, especially as February had been rough for him. But the Lord, the Everlasting Father knows.

Our state allowed groups of 10 to meet. Our pastor meet weekly with nine men of the church. (My oldest Snipp was one of these). Several weeks in some of the men couldn't all make a meeting & my pastor asked my young teenage boys to come. What a blessing for them! The guy time, the Bible study, the prayertime. All was very needed.

But I didn't realize something until I was sharing with a friend recently.

The son who was needing guy time the most was given the 40 day challenge before God allowed the men in his life to be greatly distanced from him. Snurr drew closer to God before he would need Him for the time apart from his brothers-in-Christ. And when the 40 days was over, Snurr has kept up his morning and evening times with God. It has become precious to him. 

What a blessing!

The Lord knows what we need before we know we have the need. What a caring Lord!