The stories we tell of our lives can vary depending on the circumstances and experiences. How we chronicle the events of our lives says a lot about us.

Faith often struggles in the face of unexpected and unexplained events that come our way. Sometimes, we interpret the unexplained incorrectly as we try to make sense of it. Often, faith turns to fear as we try to make sense of it. This was the case of Manoah in our text. Fortunately for him, his wife had a different perspective and asked, if God were pleased to destroy us, why would he have shown all that to us?

As we look back over our lives, we can see the hand of God in situations that we did not understand at the time. That knowledge should be a comfort as we encounter new unexplained circumstances. If God blessed us, then why would he not do that now? We can trust God even when we cannot see where he is going. Would He have brought us all that He has brought us through to forsake us now? Every answered prayer and every unexpected blessing is a prophecy for the future.

We need only look back over our lives at all the situations where God has made a way to have confidence that He will make a way in the future.

The way we characterize our life, the stories we tell of God's goodness, and our witness to someone who desperately needs to hear it.