I don’t know if you’ve ever had a freight train barrelling down on you and all you can do is wait for it to hit before. You’re waiting for the power to be turned off. The doctor to give the terrible diagnosis. For the court date to come, the judgment to be rendered, the relationship to irreparably break. Where you’ve just stood and watched the cracks form as the world starts to fall out from under your feet. Even if you’ve experienced it all before, waiting for the freight tr

Life is stressful.  Remembering to pray is hard.  So, some years ago, I read this verse and decided to kill 2 birds with one stone.  From that point on, I decided, being anxious or worried would be the universe’s cue for me to check in with the divine (you know – pray). Sometimes the prayer was just a “hey – this sucks!” shout out.  Sometimes it was an actual request.  And sometimes when the need was big and there was some time, it could be a full pouring out of my heart.  Wh