JULY 2026

“And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not

know, in paths that they have not known I will guide

them. I will turn the darkness before them into light,

the rough places into level ground. These are the

things I do, and I do not forsake them.”

Isaiah 42:16 ESV

In 1990 a song by Don Moen came out called

God Will Make a Way. Some of the lyrics are as

follows: God will make a way/Where there seems

to be no way/He works in ways we can not see/

He will make a way for me./ He will be my guide/

Hold me closely to His side/With love and strength

for each new day/He will make a way/He will make

a way…..

It seems the past month or so, my children have

carried some pretty heavy burdens. I know people

everywhere have something going on in their lives.

That is why this song always comes to mind, when I

am praying for this child or that person, because the

words are so true. God does make ways we can not

see, and He will make a way for them, for you, and

me.

As parents of grown children, sometimes we

are asked not to disclose anything we have been

told, by this child or that one. Sometimes the burden

is very heavy. I am an emotional person, and all my

kids know mom will always cry, whether it is good

news or not so good news. They also know both

mom and dad will be praying for them and the

situation they confided us in.

There are times I wish my kids were little, and I

could pick them up and just kiss away their boo-

boo, and make it all better again. When they

leave the house, and start their owns lives, as

parents, we have to release them into God’s hands.

He gave them to us for a short while, and now they

are His. We are still parents to them, but our roles

have changed. I think this is especially hard for

mothers.

Nevertheless, we are here when they need us.

We pray that the things we taught them, will follow

them wherever they may go.

Perhaps you are going through a dark time. Re-

member God will make a way for you. Ask someone

to pray with you and I would suggest to read in

the book of Psalm in God’s Holy Word. There is such

comforting verses in this particular book. King

David wrote a lot of chapters in Psalm. I found a verse

in Psalm 28, verse 7, David wrote: The Lord is my

strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and

I am helped.

Sometimes we have to go through things that will

in the end, make us stronger and closer to the Lord.

In closing, I leave this verse from 1 Peter 5:10 ESV:

“And after you have suffered a little while, the God

of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory

in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and

establish you.”

In Christ, Pamela Depew