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This graduation season is filled with young lives full of potential and a bright fu- ture. However, life is tough. The challenge is to achieve the hope within that young heart as you age through the seasons of life. The goal – a life well lived. The opposite is a life of disappointment and cynicism because of shat- tered dreams. Youth lacks experience, but you can bor- row it from others if you are wise. The psalmist is a great source to borrow from. Life Principle One - Trust in God In Psalm 91:2, He said, “My God in whom I trust.” That sounds familiar, oh yes we print that on our money. It is an almost daily reminder, IN GOD WE TRUST. He goes on to say, “ Under his wings you will find refuge… You will not fear the terror of the night” (Psalm 91.4-5). Many have experienced night terrors waking up in the middle of the night with both their mind and heart racing with all the thoughts of “what if.” What does it mean to trust God? There are two practical ways we can live out a life that trusts God. One is to trust the sovereignty of God. That means to believe he is in control of the universe and working out his divine plan of redemption and restoration. Sometimes it looks like the bad guys are winning. Some- times things don’t make sense. Sometimes we may question the goodness of God. However, in those times we need to remember the words of the Psalmist, “Your thoughts are very deep! The stupid man cannot know, the fool cannot under- stand this” (Psalm 92.5-6). To get angry, fearful or down when we can’t understand is to align ourselves with the stupid and foolish. When they don’t under- stand the wise person says, “I will trust. I will trust God is greater and wiser than me.” He knows what he is doing and is not obligated to explain anything to me. The lack of knowledge and understand- ing is my deficit not God’s. To A Life Well Lived Dr. John Hawkins, Sr. Good News y n e p O i K Y O d e e n s d . y l i m a f ! U Christians open their homes to serve e h r u o For 20 years, S D I K 4 a s a e m o h d n a t r a 4KIDS has been helping 4KIDS /F t e! earn Mor L r e t s o f TM kids in crisis. .us os er Palm Beach County