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I ran my usual route, but this particular day was windy—the kind of wind that makes you question, “Why am I even running today?” But I knew why. I needed to get out of the house. I needed a mom break, a life break.

As I reached the country road, I saw birds desperately trying to fly and make it to the telephone wire, but they couldn’t move forward. The wind kept tossing them back. My running slowed to a stop, and I found myself rooting for these birds to land.

Then the tears started to flow. I am like those birds, I thought. Trying so hard to move forward, but feeling as if life’s circumstances keep moving me backward. I couldn’t get over the betrayal in my marriage, and I didn’t know how I could emotionally show up for my kids. I knelt in the middle of the gravel road, knees pressing into the sand, and surrendered. God, I can’t do this on my own.

Right there, in the wind, God met me. It was as if He whispered, I’ll carry you.

We all often feel this way and want to give up. Give up on our marriages. Give up on our dreams. Give up on that wayward child. Give up on living.

In the Bible, wind sometimes symbolizes God’s Holy Spirit and power. Like wind, the Holy Spirit can come suddenly and powerfully fill the atmosphere.

But we don’t have to give up. God is in the wind when we feel trapped in pain or difficult circumstances. He meets us where we are and carries us when we can’t move.

When I picked myself back up, dirt sticking to my legs, I noticed the birds had made it. Yeah, they went backward a few times, but they made it. God was in the wind.

Think of something you need to surrender to God. Then spend time with your heavenly Father. Talk to Him about the thing that is making it difficult for you to breathe.