Have you ever felt overwhelmed by bad things happening?

Perhaps you’re struggling with too many bills to pay, can’t find a job, agonize over a spouse’s angry attitude or have a boss who doesn’t care. Maybe you’re fighting a health problem?

Troubles seem to come in waves at times, wanting to flood out all sense of hope and expectancy of good from our outlook.

But don’t let despondency set in!

Rather than letting difficulty swamp your perspective with despair, ride over the waves of trouble like a surfer glides over the waves of churning twisting seething water in the ocean with his surfboard.

After the tsunami hit Asia a few years ago, I read a story about an orphanage director who saw a giant wave coming toward his orphanage on the shore of his land. Acting quickly, he got his 20 or so orphans into a little boat and as the water flooded inland the boat was lifted by the water and they rode over the top of the wave. They were all saved.

We each have a boat to jump into when waves of trouble come pounding our way. We don’t have to suffer. We have a choice to make.

We can either stand on shore, watch the trouble sweep in, believe we are helpless, and then drown in the trouble. Or we can act and save ourselves from suffering. We can get into our boat, into a consciousness of Truth and Love, and be spared.

Evil is as real as we make it, or allow it to become in our thought. “The devil is a liar,” Jesus Christ taught, meaning that all of the claims of evil are lies. They are not real. To the one who believes they are real the trouble appears certain, and they suffer from their conviction until that belief is mastered.

Believing evil is real, is like standing on shore, petrified, and allowing the tsunami waves of error to sweep over one and drown all hope. It is not necessary. We are spiritual beings who can act with decisive authority to overcome evil and prove its nothingness.

But we must act. We must do something. We have to get into our boat—into a consciousness of Truth and Love—and let the boat float us over the waves of error to safety.

Don’t unnecessarily drown in the waves of error today. Step into your sanctuary of Truth and Love, and ride the storm out. It will pass. It always does.

Like a surfer gliding over the waves in joy and delight, you too, can ride over your fear of the moment and put it behind you.

God is good, and you live in the omnipresence of this goodness. A consciousness of this truth protects you and preserves you from all harm. You will survive!