Daily Devotionals
January 18, 2021
Are You Even There?
January 18, 2021
DAILY READING
FIELD NOTES
I was sitting in the waiting room, outside the step-down ICU unit at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St Louis. My dad, having just had a liver transplant, was struggling. Something was wrong, but the doctors didn’t know what it was. Mere hours after his transplant, the doctors decided to take him off of all pain medicine in hopes to find the cause of his problems. I remember as clear as day watching him strapped to the bed, wailing in pain.
“God are you even there?” I pleaded.
QUESTIONS FOR THE FIELD
- How do you react when it seems like God isn’t listening?
FAMILY FIELD TALK
- What do we say to God when we’re scared?
PRAYER GUIDE
Lord, hear our prayers. Please. Amen.