A Favorite Postcard

God lives and works today. As the Bible tells us in 2 Corinthians 1-3, He is the Father of mercies and God of all comfort. Yes, God wants to help and comfort us in every situation.

But how many of us actually experience His comfort? Is your life filled with darkness and suffering? Does God seem to be far away from you or to have forsaken you completely? Today's program by Basilea Schlink can help you find the comfort you're looking for through a prayer that is guaranteed to reach God's heart. Of all our postcards with short sayings that we've printed in the course of time, there's one particular card which has won people's hearts everywhere. It's been reordered and reprinted as no other.

Yes, it's even been printed and adopted by others, although in itself it's quite simple and straightforward. This postcard, which has become the favorite postcard for so many, is composed of only one sentence, a very short prayer. My Father, I do not understand you, but I trust you.

This saying is from our Mother Basilea, who has so often said this as a prayer to God in the darkest hours of her life, when she could no longer understand God in His leadings, when in spite of earnest prayer, everything turned out quite differently from her expectations. Then her prayer always was, My Father, I do not understand you, but I trust you. O my Father, Thou dost lead me, From all danger Thou hast freed me, Never left Thy child alone.

Like a Father, all-providing, Wisely and in love inciting, How to turn my lusts to gain. Perhaps today you're in a similar position, in that you can't understand God. But God is love.

May this fact be sufficient for you. Don't try to understand God when His leadings seem incomprehensible. Rather, come to Him as a small child and say, My Father, I don't understand you, but I bow myself under your will.

I trust you. If you so come to God the Father in this way, His heart will be opened for you. Yes, if you pray in this way, trusting Him completely, you'll be able to comprehend deeply the nature of His love, even though your intellect can't understand His action.

So if you're now going through a dark time in your life, make these words your prayer. My Father, I don't understand you, but I trust you. Try it out.

If you do, you'll discover the heart of the Father. And in the midst of the trouble or difficult leadings which are causing you such unhappiness and depression, you'll remain hidden in Him, immersed in His peace. You have been listening to a program written by Basilea Schlink of the Little Land of Canaan.

To learn more about how God lives and works today, visit us at our website, www.canaan.org. That's K-A-N-A-A-N dot org. If you contact us, we would be happy to send you a free inspirational booklet. If you do not have access to the web, please write to God Lives and Works Today, 9849 North 40th Street, Phoenix, Arizona, 85028-4099.

God bless you.