Our need for God’s presence and care in our lives is a daily reality. We do not always experience this reality, however. As C. S. Lewis wrote in A Grief Observed, sometimes “life is so good,” we may be “tempted to forget our need of him.”* But there are times in our lives when we are acutely aware of our need of God, In times of distress, when we are threatened with loss or harm or even with death, we remember our need of God and we turn to him with great urgency.