ASLC Devotions - Tuesday

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

All I can think about when I read this is “I’ve got the power! ”

The power of God was never more strongly apparent than on a Tuesday night last August. I’m sure many of you are not aware of the many health struggles my mom has experienced this last year. On that particular night after a week of watching my mom getting progressively worse, it appeared that she was at death’s door and would not make it through the night.

All my sister and I could do was watch helplessly as she was slipping away. As we struggled with what to do, we looked at each other and said it was in God’s hands. The only thing left to do was pray and with the help of the Internet, reach out to our friends and families to pray too.  We did just that and we got a miracle! The collective power of prayer from our friends and families was answered. My mom has slowly gotten better there are still ups and downs since then and those will continue for the rest of her life. So I guess it is really “We’ve got the Power!”

As it says in 1 Corinthians 1.31, “In order that as it is written, ‘Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

So I will boast at the time when we needed God, he answered the collection of prayers that were uplifted for my mom. That is truly the power of God!

Sandy Herweg

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