Life. It can get overwhelming sometimes. It did just that. It was getting dinner time and I answered a phone call from a friend with tear filled eyes. “…Wanna come ride the boat?” It sounded so relieving. We dropped what we were doing and made the time perfect.

It was so relaxing! Such a good time with friends and we laughed until my abdomen was sore. Priceless moments. A beautiful, Arkansas sunset on Lake Dardanelle with Mt. Nebo on the horizon. Such a beautiful time.

As sunset passed, stars became visible for miles. Quiet on the lake and hardly another boat in sight. So peaceful. Floating on the water, setting back, and taking it all in — Fresh, cool, night air. I could have gotten lost just starring at the sky. It was so mesmerizing! I found myself in awe at how God created it all literally out of nothing. Made me second guess my sense of feeling overwhelmed. Why should I worry about how situations are gonna turn out when God has them all in the palm of His hand anyway? Why should I second guess my reason in life and my current station place when He has created me and placed me where I am?

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

Psalm 139:14

God fearfully and wonderfully made Me. You. Before that, He created the entire universe! Why in the world should we ever second guess Him and His plan?! He has a reason for it all. Everything has been designed perfectly — the way He desired. He has you and I in the palm of His hand and He has a plan and reason for everything going on in our lives. If He holds the world in the palm of His hand, then why can’t I trust Him to hold my problems?

Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

Psalm 139:10

Those Even there places are tough sometimes. Those “experiences” seem so waring on us mentally. BUT His right hand holds us!

I had an ah-ha moment when I finally realized that what I am feeling overwhelmed with, I can just turn over to Him to hold because it’s getting too heavy for me to carry. He created Me to be ME. No one else. Comparison is a thief of joy. I don’t live for anyone else but Him. Pleasing Him is what matters. People will come and love you and they will also hurt you. But Christ has come to give us life! Life more abundantly! Not full of worry. Not full of anxiety. Life more abundantly. Better quality than what we could ever do for ourselves.

It’s easier said than done. I understand that. But it’s honestly just as easy to trust God. We only make it difficult within ourselves. You get on a plane and trust your life with the pilot. You get on a cruise ship and trust your life to the captain. Why can’t we trust our lives to the Creator? “He’s got the whole world in His hands.”

That starry sky spoke volumes to me.