The Upper Room 27 May 2022 Daily Devotional for Friday Message. Read The Upper Room 27 May 2022 Daily Devotional by Lynnette Tortorich (Wisconsin, USA)
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TOPIC: Grief and Worship
TODAY’S READING
Job 1:13-22
KEY VERSE: Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell on the ground and worshiped. – Job 1:20 (NRSV)
The Upper Room 27 May 2022 Daily Devotional MESSAGE
The entire two and a half years of my son’s life have been filled with health problems. We have dealt with a heart that stopped beating, lungs that stopped breathing, and a body that stopped growing. We have seen him struggle to crawl, walk, and talk. Now, we are in the middle of more evaluations. I can relate to the difficulties Job faced.
However, there is one part of Job’s experience that I do not understand. When his property was stolen, servants murdered, and children killed, Job grieved and then worshiped. Needless to say, worship is not at the top of my mind when the doctor calls. Heartbreak? Of course. Anger? Usually. Bitterness? Sometimes. Never worship.
But what if it were? When my son inevitably receives his next diagnosis, what if my initial moments of grief could be followed by worship? At some of the worst moments of my life, what if I turned to God? Maybe that could make all the difference, helping to comfort heartbreak, turn anger to peace, and transform bitterness into hope.
God never promises an easy life. We all nod along when the pastor says this, but maybe it’s time for me to really start accepting it. If I wake up every day and worship God, then maybe, just maybe, the bad days won’t feel so bad.
TODAY’S PRAYER
O Lord, help us to worship you today no matter what our days may bring. Help us to take both the good and the bad and turn it over to you. Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
I will find ways to worship God today, even in my struggles.
PRAYER FOCUS
Children with multiple health problems
The Upper Room 27 May 2022 Daily Devotional Message. The Upper Room is a daily devotional magazine published in more than 30 languages and 100 countries around the world. The daily meditations are written by readers of the magazine and others interested in sharing their faith experiences through writing—both laity and clergy, published authors and new writers. The meditations are stories of real people working to live faithfully with the Bible as their touchstone. Every day, readers of The Upper Room around the world read the same story in many different languages and pray the same prayer together. Read More