Life can be overwhelming

I guess that's a dumb statement. God only gives us what we need for when we need it. I have experienced a very loooong year of testing and trying. Nothing hideous, just a period where we have been hanging on the garments of Christ hoping not to fall off, but rather to receive some of His power. When you get down to it, He can't work in a vessel already full or dirty. God has been emptying out our vessel, so he can fill it up again. My husband went to Kenya in 2005 and that started the worldview change that has been necessary for us to even get to this point. If you feel like you are under the thumb of God for some testing, you can be sure He can't wait for you to come out the other side, and you will, so he can show you great things.