When obstacles and trials seem like prison-walls to be, I do the little I can do, and leave the rest to God!

August 08, 2026

When obstacles and trials seem like prison-walls to be, I do the little I can do, and leave the rest to God!

When obstacles and trials seem

Like prison-walls to be,
I do the little I can do,
And leave the rest to Thee.

—F. W. Faber

The mind never puts forth greater power over itself than when, in great trials, it yields up calmly its desires, affections, interests to God. There are seasons when to be still demands immeasurably higher strength than to act. Composure is often the highest result of power. Think you it demands no power to calm the stormy elements of passion, to moderate the vehemence of desire, to throw off the load of dejection, to suppress every repining thought, when the dearest hopes are withered, and to turn the wounded spirit from dangerous reveries and wasting grief, to the quiet discharge of ordinary duties? Is there no power put forth, when a man, stripped of his property, of the fruits of a life’s labors, quells discontent and gloomy forebodings, and serenely and patiently returns to the tasks which Providence assigns?

—W. E. Channing

Are you leaving it all up to God? Accepting His will be done in your life! Surrender to God! Abandon yourself to Jesus! Follow His example of love! We are called to follow Jesus, to reflect, forgive, imitate, and love like Him! Jesus reminds us in the Lord's Prayer, as we pray, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done! This is what we need to remember in life! Turn it all over to God! Let Him lead you, guide you, instruct you, to bring you where you need to be! Turn it all over to Him! I love these two poems above, what great reminders for us. We need to accept His will be done in our lives and we will be much happier! Leave it up to God, let go and let God!