我和家人從醫院把父親接回家，他患有退化性疾病，我們需要適應對他24小時的醫療照護，因為他突然失去行動能力，必須整日臥床，並接受插管餵食。此外，我還要安排母親做胃部檢查，同時又要在工作上應付那些有諸多要求的客戶。有一天，我覺得快崩潰了，就躲進浴室裡向上帝呼求：天父啊，幫助我，請賜給我力量度過接下來的每一天。

大衛也曾因重重困難而感到不堪負荷（詩篇55篇2-5節）。大衛被他兒子押沙龍追殺，被密友出賣，也無法解決後來在耶路撒冷發生的暴力事件。大衛說：「懼怕和戰兢臨到我。」（5節，新譯本）

但大衛選擇信靠上帝（23節），相信上帝「永不叫義人動搖」（22節）。他多年來信靠這位全能者讓他明白，儘管困難可能會令人動搖，但那些信靠上帝的人絕不會徹底迷失和絕望。他們「不會跌倒，因為上主親手扶持他們」（37篇24節，新普及譯本）。大衛知道上帝會以祂的能力和智慧扶持他，他說：「我要求告上帝，耶和華必拯救我。」（55篇16節）

如今14年過去了，我們一直讓父親居家照護。這些年的經歷使我明白，當我們把憂慮卸給上帝，祂就會扶持我們（22節）。上帝會擔起我們的重擔，也會用膀臂托住我們！

My family and I brought my dad home from the hospital. He had a degenerative disease, and we were now adjusting to the new twenty-four-hour medical routines of his suddenly becoming bedridden and requiring a feeding tube. I was also planning for my mom’s gastric procedure and dealing with demanding clients at work. Feeling overwhelmed, I sought privacy in the bathroom one day and cried out to God: Help me, Father. Please give me strength to get through the days ahead.

David also felt overwhelmed by troubles (Psalm 55:2-5). Attacked by his son Absalom, betrayed by his close friend, and helpless over the ensuing violence in Jerusalem, David said, “Fear and trembling have beset me” (v. 5).

But David chose to trust God (v. 23). He believed “[God] will never let the righteous be shaken” (v. 22). Years of trusting the Almighty had taught David that although troubles may unsteady us, those who place their faith in God will never be irrevocably lost and hopeless. “They will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand” (37:24 nlt). David knew God would support him with His strength and wisdom: “I call to God, and the Lord saves me” (55:16).

Fourteen years later, we continue to care for my dad at home. The years have taught me that when we cast our cares on Him, He sustains us (v. 22). God bears our burdens, and He bears us up too.