“Everything is all right,” she said. II Kings 4:26 Post-Thanksgiving, God and I have had some on-going dialogue inspired by the passage about the Shunammite. Here's the backstory. During the prophet Elisha’s visit to Shunem, he accepted a Shunammite woman’s invitation to stay at her house for a meal. On subsequent trips, he did the same. Eventually, she and her husband prepared a small room for him on their roof. Over the course of time, he’d asked how he could repay her kind

Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Philippians 4:8 (NIV) "Yes, but think about it this way ..." Recently, I was presented with this respectful challenge. It was intended to encourage me to view a difficult situation from a different angle and see God's goodness in it. Doing so eased the heartache. Thanksgiving has always been one o