"You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you" (Isaiah 26:3 ESV).

Yet our minds wander and our peace is fragmented, sometimes deeply, as difficulties large and small arise from our broken world and the consequences of our own waywardness and frailty. The better path to recovery from turmoil and injury is not going to be by our own strength and clever thinking in an effort to "get over it," but by sincerely grieving our disappointments, admitting our weakness, and pleading for the grace to walk aright again (or perhaps for the first time).

"Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you" (1 Peter 5:6-7).