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God has a plan for our lives, even when we don’t see it and seem to be struggling through each day. He also gives us daily encouragement if our eyes and ears are open to receive it. I recently had an online friend post that she needed prayer because one of her friends had lost her daughter to an unexpected death. Since H has been grieving for her son who was killed when a truck him him in April, she has firsthand knowledge of what her friend is going through. God didn’t cause the accident that took her son, nor did He want it to happen. But He is now using it to help her to reach out to others in a similar circumstance. Just as I encourage people who have had strokes that it will get better and that they can go on with all of the new restrictions, H can encourage this bereaved mom. When we have bad things happen, we should not be shaking our fist at heaven and railing at God. He doesn’t make bad things happen, but He will allow us to use those experiences to help others who need help as desperately as we once did. I remember what my daughter told me a week after my stroke, when I was so discouraged about what I was unable to do for myself. She said, “Mom, just do what you can do today. It will get better, but you have to be patient.” Those are my words of encouragement to each of you today. Do what you can do just for today; don’t worry about what is coming tomorrow or next week or next month. Take one day at a time and trust that God is working to make it better.