Sometimes, it can feel as if everything is going up in flames. Like the author of one of our featured pieces this week, we may recognize the “astonishing similarity” between an actual conflagration and the metaphorical fires of violence, war, and injustice confronting the world today. In moments like these, can we trust that God, good, is always at hand?
God’s goodness is not present at some moments and absent at others, but is a divine law we can rely on. It’s perfect and all-powerful—a “very present help” that protects, saves, and guides every one of us, always.