be still

in these remaining hours, days, weeks, months - however it long it takes for my brother to be found, this is a verse i need to be remembering. yesterday was another day i can add to my unfortunately growing list of days that took my breath away. my dad called telling me my brother had withdrew a lot of money that my mom accidentally transferred into his account. i drove to his school hoping to sign him out and get this whole situation resolved, only to find out that he wasn't there. after talking to the police, having him placed on the missing person list, and trying to get any information out of his friends, all we could do was play the waiting game. hoping he would come home that night. he didn't show. early this morning one of his friends who i had spoken with earlier finally confessed that he knew Zach bought a car with some of that money and said that he wanted to go somewhere far away. this just made matters worse. at first i thought maybe he was just at a friend's house hiding out, but now, a day later, he could be just about anywhere in any direction. now the chances of finding him are decreasing, and to make matters worse - his phone is dead. there are so many different things i want to do. i want to alert the media. i want to track his car. i want to drive all over looking for him. i just want to be out looking for him because right now, doing nothing, makes me feel useless. i want to be productive. i want to find him. i'm worried about him. in this moment and the moments to come, i need strength. i need to believe that God is on our side and will make sure he is okay. i need to trust in Him that in time he will do what is right and what is to come. i need to be patient and trust in the Lord. because i know he will fight for us and find him. i just need to be still and have faith.

please keep Zach's return in your prayers. we just all want him to be okay.