Stayed on Him: How to Trust God With What Weighs Most on You
Life has a way of piling weight on us. Family struggles, financial pressure, grief, uncertainty about the future. At some point, most of us find ourselves trudging through the days, going through the motions, and wondering where our peace and joy went. The good news is that God has not moved, and He has something to say about all of it. Why Do We Drift From God When Life Gets Heavy? There are generally two ways people tend to drift from God when life gets hard. Some people push God away during difficult times, trying to handle things on their own. Others, when life is going well, simply stop acknowledging their need for Him. They do not push His hand away. They just quietly stop reaching for it. But there is a third pattern that is easy to miss. Sometimes the weight of life does not make us anxious or rebellious. It just quietly steals our joy. We keep showing up. We keep going through the motions. We check the boxes. But somewhere along the way, we have kept God at arm's length wi...