Can I be real with you? A week ago, I contemplated the demands on my time and how impossible it seemed that I would get everything accomplished. But what is impossible with man is possible with God … and He proved it again and again.

As I contemplated the seven-day stretch of deadlines, I was overwhelmed and feeling really unorganized. And I don’t know about you, but when I get overwhelmed I begin to play the blame game and all of the blame goes directly on me:

“Why can’t you start earlier on these projects?”

“Why can’t you be more organized like everyone else?”

“Why do you make promises you know are impossible to keep?”

“You will never get all of this done, who do you think you are?”

“You’re bound to forget something and that will be a big mark against you.”

Can anyone else relate?

You don’t have to be a self-employed writer to feel all this self-condemnation. You just have to be human.

As I remembered that I was supposed to be living a life that transmits a genuine belief in God, I realized it may look like it on the outside, but this turmoil on the inside resembled someone who was counting on human efforts to get it all accomplished.

So, that’s when I decided that maybe living it from the inside out might be a better idea. (You think?)

While putting on my makeup last week, I just started laughing and said, “God, this is all Yours; I can’t do it, but You can. You do You.” And then I made up my mind that I would write about the results here, so that you could see what He can accomplish through us if we just trust Him.

Two columns, six stories, three blog posts, one horticulture lesson combined with a Valentine’s celebration in ag science class and one magazine full of advertising and editorial that needed to be created, gathered, assigned, edited and uploaded – I can now say that one week later, God showed me that with a little extra elbow grease on my part and a whole lot of trust, He can do anything.

Where are you today? Are you throwing yourself a pity party, feeling overwhelmed? Are you wondering how the next step forward is going to happen? Are anxiety dreams of your 4-year-old drowning in a pond plaguing your precious few hours of sleep? (Those can seem so real!)

You can continue to wallow in your circumstances and pretend that you believe God can pull you out of the muck and mire. Or, you can give it over to God and feel Him gently lift you up, put your tools back in your hand and move forward with the work He has set in front of you.

One more thing: I have already spent some time this morning worrying about the next impossibility screaming in my ear and jumping up and down on my shoulders. You would think I would have learned by now. So as I write, I will leave this insurmountable obstacle at His feet and say, “You do You, God.”

The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of Farm World. Readers with questions or comments for Melissa Hart may write to her in care of this publication.