Looking at Sarah, I could hardly believe this was the same woman I had known earlier. 

Now she was in a psychiatric ward at the hospital suffering with deep depression. Her eyes were heavy and red. This woman who had always been deeply faithful was telling me in a low and tearful voice, ‘I don’t think God cares about me anymore. I’m not sure I even believe anymore.’

Had this been a week earlier, I would have struggled to find words that would give her assurance that God did indeed care about her, that she should continue to trust God with her life. 

I would have tried to find any words that would lighten some of the pain she was experiencing. But it happened that just days before, I came across 2 Timothy 2:13 in my devotional reading. 

At the time, the words were a virtuous thought, but they didn’t really speak to me—until I visited Sarah and the words came alive. The verse spoke directly to Sarah’s condition: ‘If we are faithless, Christ remains faithful—for he cannot deny himself.’

As I left Sarah with those words, I saw a ray of hope on her face. I praised the Holy Spirit for leading me to the right place with the right message of God’s love and faithfulness to us all.

Prayer: Thank you, dear Lord, for your faithfulness to us. We are sometimes too weak to come to you with our concerns. But you know what they are and you care for us. Amen