Verse from Hebrews

“所以，我们只管坦然无惧地来到施恩的宝座前，为的是要领受怜悯，得到恩惠，作为及时的帮助。”

希伯来书 4:16

“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”

Hebrews 4:16

Claris was so happy for her friend when she told her she was going to be a mum! Together they counted the days until the birth. But when the baby suffered a brain injury during delivery, her heart broke and she didn’t know how to pray. All she knew was who she should pray to—God. He is our Father, and He hears us when we call.

She knew that God was capable of miracles. He brought Jairus’s daughter back to life (Luke 8:49-55) and in so doing also healed the girl of whatever disease had robbed her of life. So she asked Him to bring healing for her friend’s baby too.

But what if God doesn’t heal? She wondered. Surely He doesn’t lack the power. Could it be He doesn’t care? She thought of Jesus’s suffering on the cross and the explanation that “God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:8). Then she remembered the questions of Job and how he learned to see the wisdom of God as shown in the creation around him (Job 38–39).

Slowly she saw how God calls them to Him in the details of their lives. In God’s grace, they learned together what it means to call on the Lord and to trust Him—whatever the outcome.