Simply trusting

The awkward moment, when, after doing all that you can, it all crumbles and falls apart. When you've put all your effort, time, ability, emotion; and it still doesn't work. When you've loved all you could, cared with all your emotion, worked with every bone of your body; but it all goes to waste. When, after all is said and done, you have nothing to show for what you did.

Such moments makes us feel sad, wasted, or, in the worst of cases, totally useless. We feel helpless and distraught. Reminds me of a line from a song: "After you've done all you can, you just stand." We feel like the  person who wrote that song: After all fails, all you can do is stand. And stare at the remains. And let the tears flow freely.

And putting it all in God's hands. For God delights in making beauty out of trash. And wiping away tears. He loves to hold us and call us His own. For He gives "Beauty out of ashes, strength for fear, gladness for mourning, and peace for despair". And calls us to trust Him, for He has "good plans...plans to give you a hope and a future". He calls us to call on Him, and He will "Answer us, and show us great and mighty things, which we have not yet known".

He calls us to trust Him. Trust Him even when they all fall apart. When all else fails, and you're left confused as to what to do next. When all hope is burnt to the ground. He calls us to trust Him. Put it all in His hands, and let Him have His way.

When all is said and done, all we can do is simply trust Him.