One of the greatest positive influences you can have on your family, children, partner or friends is making space for God in your relationships and family.

Because it's just like that: you often can't control what's happening around you. But you have an influence on what happens inside you and how you and you as a family deal with it.

And here is the first and most important step: Control over the uncontrollable to God hand over. How can you imagine that practically? This is not about a meditative approach: as if everything is unimportant or the goal is detachment from all goals and human difficulties. On the contrary.

Your passionate God by your side!

It's about discovering that in God you have a wonderful counterpart who fights for you, witnesses your pain and stands by your side. He loves you passionately and is strong enough to help you.

But only if you actively give him your burden can you be relieved of your burden. This is often necessary on a daily basis, as something always accumulates or comes up again. If you try it without him, you either keep the burden with you or run the risk of becoming indifferent to life ("it doesn't matter").

You as a human being were created to master difficult situations - at the hand of your God who fights for you. The same goes for the people you care about.

Trust him: he fights and wins for you. That's why you don't have to be afraid of difficult situations.

Therefore:

• Never make problem-free your greatest goal in life. That only brings stress.
• Also, don't fill your breaks (just) with media, news, and depressing music.
  You're not letting the world around you dump their garbage in your yard! The same must be true for your heart and mind!

Make room for Jesus instead, who is a super captain who will even help you get the water out of the ship!