I know a little about knots in my mind, my heart, and my life (although for me they tend to end up in my gut). I know what it’s like to be kept awake at night by thoughts that will not lie down. It’s like a never-ending upset stomach.

But I also know the Prince of Peace. I know He said to cast my cares on Him. I know He said to take up His yoke because it is light and easy to carry. I know He said to seek first His kingdom and everything else would work itself out.

I sometimes forget and think that I have to be enough and do enough and say enough to make everything right and good in my world. But Jesus said that He is enough, and my job is simply to trust Him with the future and simply to obey and take the next step in faith.

The words to the old hymn still apply: trust and obey, for there’s no other way. Just trust and obey.