My husband was experiencing one illness after another. Before he had time to recover from open-heart surgery, he had to undergo another operation. A few weeks after that operation, he became ill and needed to be hospitalized again.

I reached out to God in prayer and asked for help through this ordeal. But I still felt anxious and helpless. Overwhelmed with fear, I began to doubt and to wonder where God was during all of these trials.

The next day I opened my Bible for my daily devotions and came across 2 Chronicles 20 and decided to read the chapter. As I read, verse 12 stood out to me. Faced with a crisis, King Jehoshaphat cried out to God: “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you” (2 Chron. 20:12).

I identified with his heartfelt prayer, and I made it my own prayer. I needed to keep my eyes on God and trust God. A quiet peace came over me then, and I knew that God was present in our situation.

No matter what happens in our lives, God is with us — even when we do not realize it. And when we call upon God in our distress, we can trust that God hears us and cares about us.