While looking through some old journals recently, I came across an 2010 entry that reminded me of God's faithfulness. I thought I'd share it.
This morning, I poured out my heart to God with honesty and humility, laying before Him all of my recent disappointments and hurts. Afterward, I made a cup of tea and stood at the window overlooking my backyard. Feeling lighter after prayer, I sang a couple of verses of "It Is Well with My Soul."
As I finished singing, I noticed a hawk soaring in the distance. Immediately, I thought of Isaiah's words: "They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not faint." For weeks, I had been struggling with low energy. Standing there at the window, I repeated those verses aloud and reminded myself that God would provide the strength I needed.
Then something unexpected happened.
A small bird with a yellowish breast landed among the bare branches of my English rosebush. It hopped from branch to branch, seeming to peer at me through the blinds before flying away again. I was delighted. I love watching the birds in my backyard, and I hadn't seen this particular visitor—a pine warbler—in more than a year.
In that moment, my heart overflowed with gratitude. I felt renewed faith and strength. Deep within, I was convinced that God had heard my prayers and had used that tiny bird to encourage me. The certainty was as real to me as knowing my own name. Oh, how I love my God. He is faithful.
Reading that journal entry today, I can still testify to the same truth: God is faithful.
Years ago, I heard a Bible teacher say, "Prayerless lives are powerless lives." Those words have stayed with me because I've seen their truth firsthand. My walk with the Lord has never been perfect, but His mercies truly are new every morning.
Great is His faithfulness.
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