Daily Devotional 5/22/26

Romans 8:26 (NKJV): Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weakness. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

There have been a few times in my life when I have been so crushed by the burden of what is happening that I did not know what to say or what to do. There was a time after my mother died that the grief had a stronger grip on me than I realized. I did not know what to pray. I did not know how to process what was happening with me. So, I kept silent and just tried to get through each day. Then, one day, unexpectedly, someone from the church I attended reached out to me about coming to a meeting about a new ministry. I walked out of that meeting knowing that the Holy Spirit had moved in my life. I walked out of that meeting knowing that Jesus had restored hope into my life. I walked out of that meeting knowing that God knew who I was and cared about me. This is not to say that the grief disappeared. It did not. I still had times when I had to fight off the grief, but now I knew that the Holy Spirit was moving in me to help shoulder the burden. I knew that Jesus was there with comfort and joy. I knew God was there to give me a future. Walking through the grief alone is unbearable. Walking through the grief with the Lord by my side was doable. Today, no matter what you are going through, may you find that God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are there with you in love and power.