“Never doubt in the darkness what God has shown you in the light.” That anonymous quote has helped me many times.
I try to make good decisions. Pray for God’s guidance. Still, most things are beyond our control and sometimes things fall apart. Life gets more difficult and I wonder what did I hear? Was that God leading? If others suffer, I doubt myself. What has gone wrong? Even worse… what have “I” done to wreck my life and the lives of those I love?
This type of thinking can bring discouragement, which leads to despair. Answers seldom come when I head this way because I am closing the door to help. Putting myself in a box.
It’s time to look for Godly counsel. Pray. Go to someone level-headed who will give encouragement. There are plenty of people who will offer negatives but that isn’t going to help so find a better source.

Sometimes it takes just a sentence; sometimes a good visit, but either way there are answers, often not what we think.
“In this world you will have trouble,” Jesus said, so we know that trouble is to be expected. But He also said, “I have overcome the world.” He is our hope.
There is always a reason for what happens and a way out, if we’ll look up. God is the God of impossible situations. He takes the bad and makes good happen. Nothing can stop Him. Not even our doubt.
If we choose to hate our world shrinks. If we choose to become bitter we nail the box we’re in shut.
Letting go and trusting God opens the doors of heaven. There is peace and comfort as we wait for answers and the change He brings. Open your hands. Put the hammer down. There is a better way. It’s called trust.