Wrapped in God’s Love
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“Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name” (Psalm 29:1-2 NIV).
Read Psalm 29
When we arrived at my sister’s home one Fourth of July, we found our relatives in a somber mood. Nicholas, our niece’s toddler, was missing in the Wyoming Mountains. While camping with his parents and other families, little Nicholas had wandered away. Our hearts ached, and we fervently prayed for his rescue and safe return.
Many searched for Nicholas on horseback and by foot, but he wasn’t found by nightfall. The next day a canine team and the Civil Air Patrol canvassed the heavily wooded slopes and sagebrush meadows. When they didn’t find him the second day, we feared the worst. How could a 1-1/2-year-old survive alone another night at 7,000 feet elevation when temperatures dropped at night?
Nonetheless, hundreds of volunteers kept searching. Fifty-six hours into the search, one man stopped to pray, walked three steps, and found him-unharmed. Nicholas was sitting on his clothes in some underbrush, wearing only a diaper. Police reported it had been warmer than expected those nights. How we rejoiced and praised God!
In Psalm 29, David speaks of God’s great strength, saying His powerful voice controls even the weather. Just as God was sovereign over the thunder and lightning mentioned in this psalm, He spoke in the mountains of Wyoming and the weather warmed.
Twenty years later, we remember this event as one of the greatest miracles and answers to prayer we have experienced in our family. It reveals God’s sovereignty, mighty strength, and compassion. It appears God changed the weather pattern those two nights and wrapped one small boy in the warmth of His love.
Mighty God, we see the wonders of Your hands and realize the power of Your majestic voice. We praise and worship You and ascribe to You the glory and strength due Your name.
Questions: What miracles has God done in your life? Recount them, then thank and praise Him.
About the Author Lydia E. Harris
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Lydia, thank you for the devotional today. God has done one major miracle in my life two and a half years ago and that miracle has begat another to another to another since. This is not to say that my life has been one void of trials. That’s the blessing of miracles. He gives me strength to face the next to the next to the next. And in that my strength strengthens even more. Praise be to God. Amen.
It’s so good to hear how God works in our lives and answers our prayers! Thanks for sharing your encouraging story.