Romans 8: 28

"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their sorrows."  Psalm 147: 3

What causes you the most grief?  Sadness?  Anger?  Fear?  Worry?  Anxiety?  Stress?  ...the list goes on.  Our lists may look similar or drastically different, yet we all have them.

I have found that walking with God through a daily commitment to Him possible through the salvation Jesus accomplished on behalf of sinners through His death and resurrection, walking in repentance, and surrendering my life (again and again!) to the Lord in its entirety is what enables me to rest in God and learn to trust Him.  It is through obedience, trust, surrender, and seeking to know and please God that will give us the peaceful assurance we need to know that God holds our lives in His hands, every aspect of them.  Romans 8: 28 says, "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."

We can only grow to know God more and learn about His character through the regular reading, studying, application of, commitment to, and obedience to God's word, the Bible.  It is truly our instruction manual for life.