Our ward had a talent show tonight, and one of my favorite performances was Brother Beardslee and Brother Green performing "Let It Be." It was powerful, both because the rest of the ward joined the performance by gently waving their cell phone lights and because the lyrics themselves have a powerful message to them.
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be
We may not believe in "Mother Mary" the way other people do, and we certainly don't all have mothers named Mary, as lyricist Paul McCartney does, but we all "find [ourselves] in times of trouble" more often than we'd like to, and there are times when the best answer is to "Let it be."
God knows what He's doing. He has a plan, and everything that happens, troubling or not, is part of that plan. Of course, we should do the best we can to solve the problems we can solve, but many problems are out of our hands. Fortunately, if something is out of our hands, it's in God's hands, and we can trust Him to make sure everything works out as well as it can.
There will be difficult, challenging, confusing, and troubling times, but God is in control. When we find ourselves in times of trouble, it is often wise to trust God and simply let it be.
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