The Grace of the Empty Riverbank

Jun 29, 2026    Stanton Petersen

Have you ever noticed how exhausting it is to keep up the appearance of having everything under control? We live in a world that praises the self-made, the strategic, and the hyper-prepared. We build backup plans for our backup plans. We calculate, we anticipate, and we scramble to secure our own peace. But what happens when you finally reach the end of your options? What happens when you've run every calculation, played every card, and you're still staring at a crisis you cannot manage? Today, we're looking at a man who reached that exact boundary. And we'll see why the scariest place in the world might actually be the very place God begins His greatest work.