A bull rider once remarked on what made him successful: “You’ve just got to want to hang on worse than the bull wants to throw you off.”

We can experience stressful deadlines at work, disagreements with friends, dealing with rebellious kids, or any number of situations that interfere with what we consider our daily routine.  What do we do when we face troubles?  Sometimes we make the situation worse by dwelling on the issue and letting worry get the best of us.

Instead, we need to put our negative thoughts aside, reach out to God, and hold on with everything we have.  We can escape these burdens by embracing He who has already conquered them.  Hang on to God more than troubles want to pull you away.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles (2 Corinthians 1: 3-4 NIV)