Rechecking the weather app won't change the storm that's coming — but it feels productive, like staying close to the problem is the same as solving it. We do the same thing with worry. We rehearse hard conversations, run worst-case scenarios, and call it being realistic. But Paul offers something better than calm: prayer over anxiety, and a peace that actively guards your heart.

Your storage is full. So is your schedule. One commitment follows another until there's no white space left — and usually, God is the first thing crowded out. Jesus faced the same pressure in Mark 1, and His response is worth sitting with: He woke before the noise, slipped away, and prayed. Not because He had extra time. Because He made the space.