I thought holding everything together was the key to happiness, until I realized God had something better in mind. Control. Planning. Perfecting. If you’re anything like me, you’ve clung tightly to life like a checklist, believing that if you just manage everything well enough, you’ll finally feel whole and fix what is broken. The truth is, even when things look “perfect” on the outside, you can still feel hollow, restless, and unsatisfied on the inside.

"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world...

"You, LORD, are my lamp; the LORD turns my darkness into light." 2 Samuel 22:29 NIV I remember the total darkness I lived in when my...