Tina Mann encourages us to trust God in all circumstances
Life, it is a weird one sometimes. One minute things are going smoothly; you know your purpose and where you are heading and can easily believe that God is real. You understand that He is full of love and that He graciously cares for you. And then there are the 'other' minutes where situations have changed, people have let you down, you're feeling confused as questions dart through your mind uncontrollably: Where are you in all this confusion God? Are we angry at him and do we blame him for these pains in our life?
If God promises to always be there and remain true to His word: which
is that he is a God of Love independent of life's situations, then it
must be valid, even when our lives seem to be cracking, when our
hearts are breaking and God seems a million miles away. It must still
be true when we have no answers, when we feel alone, when we loose a
job or a relative dies.
Trusting in God takes faith,
especially when these situations make it easy to doubt him as a God
of Love, a God of provision, a God of Justice. However, this is when
we have to remind ourselves of who God really is to us and believe
this truth about Him. As hard as it may seem, this is possible:
believe me! I have had my rosy moments in life and also tasted the
bitterness of despair but my conclusion so far, is that God is always
faithful. Actually I have found that these tough situations in life
have helped me to go to God and just be real before him. There have
been times when I have shared my frustrations and concerns knowing
that this is what he longs for me to do, He yearns to counsel me.
The downs in life do cause us to turn to God and communicate with him, which, in turn deepens our relationship and increases our trust in him, so no matter what is going on in our lives, our faith in him will be constant. The more we trust, the more we begin to see that any event in life, as random as it may seem, is a chance for God to reveal his heart towards us and let us in on how much he loves us. If you have never done this before then why not start right now. Stand back from the situations you don't understand or have caused you pain and simply ask God what he wants to reveal to you through them. He might want to bring healing, he might be challenging a false view you may have of him or he may just want to tell you that he has everything under control.
Whatever situations we find ourselves in are we going to trust in his
promises? Are we going to give over to him every area of our lives
and praise Him in the rough times as well as the blissful times? If
He is our everything then can we be everything to him? Are we going
to cry out for God in times of need and what's more, are we going to
be still to listen to Him? This our daily challenge. 
Tina grew up in Manchester before moving to Bristol to attend an Artist Development and Training course with NGM (New Generation Music), where she trained in dance, vocals and communication. After finishing this intensive year, Tina joined Innervation Trust as a member of the first ever Collective schools band. For two years she worked as a singer/dancer/communicator in the schools of Liverpool, eventually becoming team leader. Now living in Manchester, Tina at present is the choreographer for Innervation Trust and a backing dancer for one of their bands 
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I enjoyed this article, it was written simply, realistically and more importantly, I understood the message in it. To "Let go and let God", trust in him through good and bad times. I truly feel better for reading it :) I only discovered your radio station today (and website) and I must say that it will be my preferred station every day .... all the way over here in South Africa.. Its encouraging to listen to a Christian station as opposed to the doom and gloom usual stations! So keep it up!