we give it all to Him.
uals went back over the list 30 days later and
found that only five percent of what they had been
anxious about had occurred.
saps us mentally, but physically and emotionally
as well. In those moments when we feel that we
can go no further, God picks us up and sustains
us in all that we do.
spawning out destructive tornadoes of doubt, con-
fusion and fear. The only sure way of surviving the
vortex is to strap ourselves as tightly as we can to
the heaviest object that we can find. God and His
word form the firmest foundation.
the pit is to realize that we stand on the step of
hope. God is always before us, always there, al-
ways present, always a part of your life. If God is
set before me, then hope is ever before.
bulldoze some debris into a large
pit on the family farm, when part
of the pit wall gave way. That left
He raced to the storage shed, but the rope he
found was not nearly long enough. He then rushed
to the farmhouse and found no rope. At that point
he drove two miles down the road to the next farm
and got some rope.
brushed himself off, looked around and saw a lad-
der leaning up against the corn silo. He asked Ned
if he had seen the ladder. "Yes," Ned said, "but I
didn't get it because you had said to get a rope."
by trying to get out of the pit with our own rope.
details, he is in our worries. Uncle Denny didn't