It seems that there are weeks that problems roll in like a train carrying cargo. One thing happens, then the next and you think you are done but no… here come another one. When I have the power to solve what is in front of me, then perfect. Get out the glue gun and do the needed repairs.

In my mind, I see a basket full of trouble, I pull each one out and see very clearly, there is nothing I can do no matter what angle I look from. I can dream up a lot of angles, let me tell you. Solving problem is my middle name!

Of course, at night these things haunt me. I have to work really hard to just not think. Very quickly I feel tormented and overwhelmed. Everything seems worse at night, doesn’t it?

I start to pray and giving these things all over to God. Like Psalm 121 1-2says “ I lift up my eyes to the mountains, where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” I would like to tell you that the peace just came washing over me, but it did not.

I continued to pray and remembering verses that would bring comfort to my troubled heart. Then, after quite some time, I heard Him speak” Donna, in this world, you will have trouble, but take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33) And that was it. Peace came and I went to sleep. Honestly, I think it was about 3:30 am by then!

God does bring peace to our troubled hearts, but He does not always bring the solutions as quickly as we like. He is full of surprises though. It has taken me a long time to learn to bring my fears to God, people that are difficult, situations and injustices that I cannot change, and simply leave them there and then give thanks. He is big enough to carry the load that I have dumped at His feet. I am powerless to change any of these things, but He is not.

What is in your basket full of trouble you cannot solve? Give it over to the One who is big enough.

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