Just before I was married I heard a biblical genealogy read at length in church. I found myself crying uncontrollably. Maybe I felt through marrying I was losing my identity. I suspect it was God telling me that I am a link in a very long chain. The chain will always be unbroken and my little life is both vital and unimportant.

1 Chronicles 1:1-4
Adam, Seth, Enosh;
Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared;
Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech;
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth....

Bible Gateway link: 1 Chronicles 1-4 (ESV)

This is why people evangelize. It is part of the red letter commandment to love your neighbor. Don't be annoyed, be saved.

John 3:18
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

Bible Gateway link: John 3:18 (ESV)

The world seems so crazy. There are times I don't grasp anything. Then I reach for the Bible and find that the world has always been crazy and the one constant is that God is with us whether we grasp it or not.

Luke 18:34
But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.

Bible Gateway link: Luke 18:34 (ESV)

Ignore this advice at your peril! Why wouldn't we align ourselves with the most powerful force there is?

Joshua 23:8
but you shall hold fast to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.

Bible Gateway link: Joshua 23:8 (NKJV)

There is really only one answer to this problem. He is the red letter guy in the Holy Bible.

Luke 11:35
Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness.

Bible Gateway link:Luke 11:35 (NKJV)

It is always a good thing to humble yourself when you're desperately seeking help from God. But then you have to get up and do the thing that lines up with God's will for you. That requires both humility and action, not to mention getting out of your own way.

Joshua 7:10
So the Lord said to Joshua: “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face?

Bible Gateway link: Joshua 7:10 (NKJV)

In my depths I was drawn to the Psalms. I never knew exactly why. Now I do. He heard my cry.

Psalm 40:1-3

I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.

He drew me up from the pit of destruction,
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.

He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
and put their trust in the Lord.

Bible Gateway link: Psalm 40:1-3 (ESV)