Sometimes the hardest thing isn’t trusting God in the struggle — it’s trusting him in the good. Because when you’ve experienced loss, inconsistency, or things falling apart, you learn to brace yourself. You learn to question what feels right. You start waiting for the shift, the change, the moment something proves itself temporary.

God,

Sometimes when something good enters my life, I don’t fully relax into it. There’s a part of me that waits for it to change, to disappear, to prove itself temporary. I’ve learned to brace myself instead of receive.

So today, I’m asking you to help me trust differently.

Remind me that not everything good is fragile. Not everything meaningful is meant to leave. That the peace I feel, the love I’m experiencing, the stability ‘m beginning to know — these things are not accidents.

Help me stop questioning what feels right. Help me stop searching for what might go wrong. Teach me how to be present in what is good without fear of losing it.

God, if something is from you, let me trust that it can remain. Let me receive it fully, without holding back or waiting for it to disappear. And if my past has taught me to expect loss, gently rewrite that belief with truth. Show me that it’s safe to stay open. That it’s safe to experience joy.

I don’t want to live my life waiting for good things to leave. I want to trust that some things are meant to stay.

Amen.