The question “Why, God?” can hit before your feet even touch the floor. Today I sit with that question instead of rushing past it, using Isaiah 55:8 as the starting point: God’s thoughts are not like ours, and His ways go farther than we can see. If you’ve been asking for a clear explanation or a dramatic rescue, this short morning devotional offers something steadier: a reason to trust even when the story feels unfinished.

I also share the true WWII story of Diet Eman, a young woman in the Dutch resistance in The Hague who helped Jewish friends escape Nazi persecution. What began as quietly passing along forbidden BBC war news became high-risk work with underground routes and forged identity papers. Then comes the moment that still stops me cold: Gestapo agents on a train, questions closing in, and an unexpected distraction a brand new plastic raincoat that gives Diet just enough time to ditch the documents that could have meant certain death.

Diet was still arrested and sent to prison camps, where she later met Corrie and Betsy ten Boom, so this isn’t a tidy story with an easy bow. It’s a story about trusting God’s ways when you don’t get the outcome you wanted, and about believing “My grace is sufficient for you” can be real right where you are. If you need Christian encouragement, faith under pressure, and a fresh way to think about God’s providence, press play, then share this with a friend and leave a review. What part of Diet’s story challenges the way you think about God’s help?

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