Never abandoned

I shared the following article in my sermon yesterday. I think it is blogworthy.

Jeffrey Arthurs in an article in Christianity Today wrote:

“If you think God has forgotten you, think again!Israel groaned for 400 years, but then God delivered them. He hadn't forgotten them!The Midianites oppressed Israel, but then God delivered them with 300 men and a timid leader named Gideon. God hadn't forgotten them.180 thousand Assyrians surrounded Jerusalem, but then God sent his angel.If you think God has abandoned you, think again.The disciples groaned as they pulled on the oars. The storm tossed them this way and that. They thought God had forgotten them, so Jesus said to the storm, "Hush." And the storm hushed.The disciples groaned when their friend Lazarus died. They waited in darkness while Jesus took his time getting there. They thought he had forgotten them, but then they had an attitude change when Jesus said, "Come forth."The disciples saw Jesus on the cross, and they groaned. For three days they huddled in silence because they thought God had forsaken Jesus and them. But then on Sunday morning, Jesus rose, and they remembered that fact all the days of their lives.If you think God has abandoned you, think again.”