What You Cannot Control

Have you ever lain awake trying to solve in your head a problem that has no solution? Replaying situations, imagining conversations, trying to anticipate what could go wrong with your children? It's exhausting. And deep down, you already know that kind of control is an illusion.

You can't control everything. You can't be everywhere. You can't protect your children from every hurt, every bad influence, every wrong choice they will one day want to make. And when that truth really sinks in, it's either freeing — or terrifying. It depends on where you place your trust.

"Commit thy way unto the Lord." Committing is not giving up. It's placing things into the hands of the One who has more power, more wisdom, and more love than you will ever have. God doesn't grow tired. He doesn't sleep. He doesn't forget. He watches over your child's heart even when you're not nearby.

Today, hand over one thing you've been gripping too tightly. Just one. And breathe.