life waves

Sometimes I feel like life happens in waves... Some times are like the calm between waves, everything is ok but not great, you have a little bit of piece, but nothing is exciting or wonderful. Then their's the peak of the wave where you are excited about something or on a high from a recent experience. You are looking at the wave and saying "bring it on!" Then there's the wave break... Most times you aren't ready for what is coming, and it hits you like a ton of bricks. If you tried to go under the wave there's that moment when you think it's over and it's safe to come up but then the undertow won't let you. There's a moment of panic where you don't know what to do but then most times the undertow lets up and you come up gasping for air. Life comes in waves.
I'm especially feeling the waves in my life right now. Everytime their's a calm and I think I can relax a minute and breath another wave comes. Most of the things that have been bothering me lately I have absolutely no control over and that is the hardest because that is what I do. I want to help and fix things but I can't. I have to constantly pray to be used to help and give it up to God. I can't save people but I can love them to death and share everything I have and know with them.
God didn't promise us that as Christians we aren't going to have problems... There will be hard times. He will still allow the devil to tempt us and try us in life but the difference is that He offers us hope for the future and a light and love to look to in those times. Before I knew Him I would have been a mess with this much stress on my shoulders but now I'm confident that He will use me wherever He can.
Pray constantly and don't forget to also give thanks in the good times as well. My God is amazing and bigger than I could ever imagine and He will give me strength and courage and absolutely love me through this and every wave of life. Like mercyme says "what kind of love would say I love you anyway, time and time again."