Three Angels Broadcasting Network Devotional. God’s Most Resilient Creature By Nikki Anderson July 4th, 2026 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 A friend once used the word “resilient” to describe me. Of course, I was sure I knew what that word meant, but I got curious and looked it up in the dictionary, anyway. The first definition I saw described it as, “The ability to bounce or spring back into shape or position after being pressed or stretched.” Well, I could certainly identify with being pressed and stretched: Pressed flat by a spouse’s unkind actions and stretching my body for childbirth; stretching my time and stretching the budget for one more meal. And bouncing back into shape after all that? Oh, yes! God keeps giving me strength to bounce higher after being pressed flat. As for being stretched out of shape, well, even an old rubber band gets to keep being functional! I don’t have the same shape I once did, and I’ll always have demands on me or on my time; but God keeps me pliable so I don’t break! Another part of the definition said that the word “resilient” also means, “The ability to recover strength, spirit, and good humor. Wow! That’s us! God gave women resilient strength—for raising our children, for enduring the heartaches of this world, and for offering comfort to a hurting sister whose name we may never know. As for recovering our spirit, well, a woman’s spirit is bolstered every day by God’s Holy Spirit—the Voice within that helps us recover from guilt over our mistakes and encourages us to keep getting up when we’ve stumbled and fallen. God also gave women good humor; the ability to laugh at so many things—including ourselves. When everything seems to be going wrong, it’s perfectly normal for women to re-group by laughing with each other over pizza or a bowl of ice cream. And only God’s daughters can cry during the pain of childbirth then laugh with tears of joy immediately afterward. We can even laugh with God. What a great gift He gave us! Resilient. That’s you! Remember it and believe it. You are God’s most resilient creature!