Recently there have been many times when I have bowed my head, said a prayer, and weathered the storms. I am writing this on Tuesday, January 17, 2023 and my prayer is that this year gets better for my family, because so far it has been filled with sickness, pain, and much loss, and we are only two weeks in. We have had rain that has lasted for days. As I listen to the heavy rain pounding down on the roof of my home, I feel the devastation. I pray and ask God, “How are we going to recover from the loss of provision we are suffering?” To which I hear the response, “Trust Me.” There have been unfounded attacks on my character, my ability to minister, and even my qualifications as a Pastor. I pray and ask God, “How am I going to get through this?” To which I hear the response, “Trust Me.” Then the times recently where my anxiety is through the roof, and my depression is a deep, bottomless pit. I pray and ask God, “How am I going to survive this?” To which I hear the response, “Trust Me.” One of the verses that I memorized as a young Christian, one that I trust in, rely on, and cling to is *Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.* Loss, trials, tribulation, anxiety, and depression is nothing new to me, these are feelings and emotions that I have dealt with ever since I was a child. As I read about some old dead guys, great men of faith, I find comfort knowing that they suffered in similar ways. Charles Spurgeon said, “I am the subject of depression so fearful that I hope none of you ever get to such extremes of wretchedness as I go to. But I always get back again by this-I know that I trust Christ. I have no reliance but in Him, and if He falls, I shall fall with Him. But if He does not, I shall not. Because He lives, I shall live also, and I spring to my legs again and fight with my depressions of spirit and get the victory through it. And so may you do, and so you must, for there is no other way of escaping from it.” The end of the matter is that no matter what is happening around me, no matter how dark it seems to get, I will Trust God. I am also thankful that God has given me friends to help encourage me, support me, and most importantly bring a candle and guide me out of the dark.