It’s hard to sleep when your brain just keeps on thinking, running down the same paths, over and over, coming up short at the same dead ends, and then doing it all again, getting nowhere. Makes starting a day difficult, with the weight of living already pressing down on your shoulders because you never really laid it down to rest the night before, and you get so tired of carrying it all. Somewhere between emptying the dishwasher of yesterday’s dishes, now clean at least, and wiping the ring off the dining room table (was it really from three days ago already?), and grinding new coffee, I really start listening to the music that have been running through my head: “Your love never fails, never gives up, never runs out on me.”

Maybe that’s what I have left behind in all the round-and-round wanderings of my brain….wrestling with these problems, looking for better answers and a place to lay down these hurts….Your Love that does not change, does not grow weary.  “On and on and on and on it goes;  it overwhelms and satisfies my soul. And I never ever have to be afraid: One Thing Remains.” Have I taken the time to bring to God the things that weigh on me? Or am I just carrying them around, and singing to Him without even thinking about it?

If it is true, that God’s love is the one thing that remains through every other upheaval in life, then it is utterly trustworthy and completely helpful. He loves me; He hears me when I call to Him; He can help me with whatever I face; He will do all things well, for my good and His glory. Do I really believe this on any practical level in my life? Then why is my brain still chasing through the maze of these situations instead of talking to the One who loves me?

“Higher than the mountains that I face, Stronger than the power of the grave, Constant through the trial and the change: One Thing Remains.”  So I weave my worries into words this day, all the chasings of my brain and the things I can’t fix, lift them up to the Love that remains constant.

“Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; from the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I, for You have been my refuge, a strong tower ….” (Psalm 61:1-3)

“Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.” (1 Peter 5:7 NLT)