Learning to Trust God When Life Doesn’t Make Sense

I’m having quite the day.

A nothing-left-to-do-but-laugh-at-myself kind of day.

An it-showed-promise-but-then-I-got-involved kind of day.

Here’s what happened.

Yesterday, a delightful bookstore down by the beach in Saint Augustine offered to carry my book. Yay! As a brand-new author, I’m over the moon.

Today, when I brought the books in, I spent a little too much time stressing over making a good impression. Eventually, I decided to admit to the bookstore owner that I had zero clue what the protocol was.

Honesty is better than fumbling through and pretending you know what you’re doing, I always say.

Okay, that was, in fact, not honest. I have never said that.

Thankfully, she was patient and easygoing and kindly walked me through everything. Then she asked me to autograph the copies.

No problem, right?

Wrong.

• I’d forgotten my readers; I couldn’t see a thing.

• I declared the pen was broken, to which she sweetly informed me it would work once I removed the cap. Oops.

• I finally scribbled something that may or may not be legible. (No readers.)

Next, surrounded by temptation, I decided to shop in her charming store. She showed me around, and I found two books to devour, except now my only credit card failed.

Five swipes, zero luck.

“Do you have Apple Pay?” she asked.

“Sure!” I said, only to discover I absolutely did not.

I left empty-handed, only then remembering a letter from my credit card company about “paying the wrong account.”

Oops again.

Moral of the story: I still have no idea what I’m doing!

Which brings me to the point.

We don’t have to get every detail sorted out for God to work. Sometimes the best move is to stay close to the One who already has it figured out, close enough to hear Him whisper:

“Susan, just show up, prayed-up.

Let them see how steady I am when you wobble.

Stick near Me, and watch Me turn your uh-ohs into aha moments.

I’ve got this... and I’ve got you.”

So, if you’re having a day, or a season, where it feels like you’re barely hanging on, remember: God is hanging on to you.

Trust Him when life doesn’t make sense, and He’ll guide your steps through every I-have-no-idea-what-I’m-doing-but-I-know-Someone-who-does kind of day.

Maybe that’s the point: clinging to our Father’s hand when life feels topsy-turvy, because closeness is exactly what He wants.

🍃 Prayer

Dear God, I’m reminded that “apart from You I can do nothing” (John 15:5). I’m trusting You to order my steps, open the right doors, bless the work of my hands, and turn confusion into clarity. Use me as a vessel to pour Your love out on the world around me.

And on days when this vessel looks a little shabbier than it should, remind my heart that I’m still Yours, still a daughter of the King, still beautiful in Your eyes, and that You’re working all things for my good and Your glory, even on my fake-it-until-I-make-it kind of days.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.