Thoughts for today...

Pray for the families of those that lost dear ones in the mine cave-in this week. All the media hype around these events make things worse for them, I'm sure.

I heard someone talking on the radio this morning about this and that they were praying for the miners to be found alive, then began to praise the Lord upon the initial notice that all but one had been found alive, then only to find that only one was alive.

It is hard for us to understand why God allows things to happen that we find so grevious, but his overall plan will be served in some fashion and we should remember to also pray that God be glorified through this hardship. It will be hard for some to understand that we do not operate on God's timetable and we are mostly very impatient, so seeing his plan will be difficult for those.

My heart goes out to all those affected and I pray that God comforts them in this loss, but I also pray that God will be glorified above all else.