God knew I was hurting in that moment, and He gave me sweet reassurance and comfort. As I told my friend about this experience, she told me “God was saying to you ‘This is Me. I am seeing you.’”

A friend agreed to take on a new project, and told me that, just after her acceptance of the commitment, she felt God say to her “Did you think to ask Me?” A few days later, she realized this responsibility was really too much at the time, and she had to back out. That little story has stayed with me, for two reasons.