God Never Stops Listening

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Jan 16, 2025 · 4m

READ: PSALM 139:1-12; ISAIAH 65:24; ROMANS 8:26-37 Intense tears blocked my vision. My soul felt like dust. I was unable to stop shaking. My father was in the next room. He was lying in his casket. One look had sent me running. It couldn’t be. It just couldn’t be. Dad could not be dead. Not my wonderful father. But he was. I was sixteen and my father was dead. I felt utterly hopeless. Utterly desolate. Utterly abandoned by God. “I’ll never survive this,” I told myself. “Never.” Wondering if anyone had ever survived such deep pain, I thought about my friend, Fred. Fred’s mother had died…