A prayer for when your soul is downcast, by Tiffany Tabault, read by Liam Arden.

Why are you cast down on my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?

Stop in God, for I shall again praise him, my salvation, and my God, Psalm 43.5.

Life these days is like riding a roller coaster.

If you go to any theme park, you'll see people who are willing to stand in a very long

line for the thrill of riding a very short ride.

However, that one short ride is filled with such incredible twists, turns, drops,

causing the rider to scream with terror and thrill at the unexpectedness of each new jerk of the ride.

Incredible rush of emotions is probably the main reason people get in line in the first place,

and most certainly why so many of them return to that same ride over and over again.

Every single person I know has been impacted in some way from the coronavirus.

Some have lost jobs. Some haven't been able to see their elderly parent buried.

Some haven't been able to graduate like normal. People are full of worry and stress,

and most definitely fear and anger. Should schools reopen to mask or not to mask how to work at home,

how to school at home, how to safely visit elderly parents, how to pay the bills when the job is

gone, how to get peace and quiet when everyone is stuck in the same house, every single

day there's conflicting news and even more difficult decisions to be processed.

As we journey through this weird world, we're most certainly going to experience

many twists and turns in our well thought out plans. Accidents still happen, sickness still comes,

jobs are still being lost, and the list could continue forever.

Our human minds and emotions can only handle so many stressful situations before we begin to reach

our limit. Our brains get tired, and our souls grow weary.

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