sustained

"Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you." Psalm 55:22

Sustain: to support, hold, or bear up to keep a person from giving way.

I have been and continue to be sustained. I feel like a deflated balloon a lot of the time, and try to remember daily to "give it to the Lord", as my Grandma used to say. And, it seems to help. Although some days . . . well, there are a LOT of cares!

Faith cultivates trust, and trust cultivates patience. And, when I try to be patient, with prayer for the increase of trust and faith, God acts. To change me. To change someone else. To calm and diffuse a tricky situation. And I am thankful for this.