"not far away..."

19 March 2018: Started the day off feeling weirdly anxious and just not feeling well (including physically--another stupid cold seems to be coming on right after I shook the previous one). So I was grateful when I saw a friend post a link to this Dietrich Bonhoeffer sermon. My friend is going through a medical crisis with her baby, so the sermon brought her some comfort, especially these lines: “Learn to recognize and understand the hour of the storm... This is the time when God is incredibly close to you, not far away.” Now my silly morning anxieties pale in comparison to what my friend is going through, but like I said, I was grateful to read these words.