The past couple of years have been been a difficult time for my family. I can't think of another time like it. I would be easy to throw my arms up in despair and curl into a ball, and the Lord knows I have done some crying and a lot of praying.

A friend wrote to me last night that praying was the best way when multiple hardships occur, because God is the 'most able.' Prayer is the best way at anytime really, because if God is the most able to help, then why go elsewhere. I have to give up my desire to control and surrender it all to the Lord. That doesn't mean doing nothing - prayer can often be a spur to action - but letting go of the relentless struggle. 

So that is what I'm doing. Sceptics might call it leaning on a crutch. Call it what you like. It works, often with the most extraordinary and inexplicable results. Sceptics will call the outcomes 'coincidences.' If only they knew!