I WASN'T SURE WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO. My husband and I had decided to try separating for a while, and, although it seemed like the right step, I was worried about the prospect of parenting two children on my own. How would I provide loving, but firm, discipline for my teenage daughter and preteen son? And beyond that, where were we all going to live?
Although I had no answers to these questions, I knew I could turn to God for guidance, as I've always done. The Bible advocates: "Trust in the Lord with all thy heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." Prov. 3:5, 6. I felt confident that I could rely on this counsel and that God would provide me and my family with the inspiration—and solutions—that we needed.
In my prayers, I clung to what I knew about God's nature—that He is a loving Creator and provider, as the Bible explains. Focusing on God's all-power helped me to replace my feelings of lack, loss, and inadequacy with a renewed sense of hope. I knew that God was caring for me and for my whole family. And this meant that, whatever the solution, it had to be good.
