At the end of every podcast, we like to ask our guests to share what God has been teaching them in this season of life. Jessica Kim shared what it was like coming out of a period of grief and being reminded that God had been with her the whole time.

So do not fear, for I am with you;
    do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
    I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. - Isaiah 41:10 NIV

I know that in deep pain or suffering, that even when I feel like I ask and cry out and say, why is this happening, that as I was coming out of deep grief, I realized that God was carrying me through that. 

And so I want to use that as an encouragement. You know, there are probably many people listening right now that are in a deep part of pain or something that is going through, whether it's a lost job or a loss of a family member. That's it could be so easy for us to say why and where are you?

And I think it ties to actually my verse of just Isaiah 41:10 where, you know, it says, “Do not fear I am with you. Do not be dismayed. I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.“ 

And I always think about that very well-known image of the single footsteps in the sand and how people say, Where are you? And he's like, I have you in my righteous hand. I have been carrying you. And sometimes when you're being carried, you don't know who's carrying you because you can't see it. But he is. 

I hold on to that during any times of crisis or pain or suffering. And that's the word of encouragement I give especially to the caregivers on our app and people in our community.