Carry It ... or Trust Him

Last to Fall

Series: Gossamer Falls, Book 3

Written by Lynn H. Blackburn

Publication Date: 03.01.26

Published by Revell

Genre: 5 Stars!

There are seasons in life when the weight of responsibility presses so heavily that sleep itself becomes difficult. Fear lingers. Questions multiply. The future refuses to cooperate with the plans we once felt certain about.

In moments like that, faith becomes less about confident declarations and more about the quiet decision to place one burden after another into the hands of God.

That struggle appears more than once throughout this story. The danger surrounding Meredith is not distant or abstract; it presses close, demanding protection, vigilance, and decisions that carry weight far beyond one moment. Control begins to slip through their fingers, and the only path forward requires learning how to entrust what cannot be managed to the Lord.

One conversation captures that surrender beautifully: “Meredith, I promise that I’ve given all of this to God. I’ve asked him to fix it. I’m trying to let him lead and handle it. And I’m trying to be okay with whatever his answer is. If I can do that, then so can you. You need to let it go.”

Those words carry a truth every believer eventually encounters. Letting go sounds simple … until the thing we are holding involves safety, people we care about, or outcomes we desperately want to control.

Another reflection reveals the quiet discipline of learning to live that surrender daily: “Over the past few years, he’d seen things he simply couldn’t attribute to anything other than God’s hand. And now he had no trouble laying his burdens before God, leaving them there, and going to sleep. He and God both knew he’d do his best to pick them up and carry them for himself in the morning.”

There is something deeply human in that admission. Most believers understand exactly what that feels like. We bring our worries before the Lord, entrust them to Him, and then wake up the next morning tempted to carry them again.

Moments like these gently remind the reader of something every believer eventually learns: some burdens are simply too heavy for human strength and must be placed into the hands of God.

The suspense in this story keeps the tension high, but underneath the danger runs a quieter thread of trust. Trust begins to take root between them, growing quietly through each choice to stay, to protect, and to believe the best.

Again and again the characters must choose whether to cling to fear or release their circumstances to the One who sees what they cannot.

And perhaps that is the deeper reflection this story leaves behind.

There are situations where human strength will never be enough. In those moments the wisest choice is not greater control, sharper strategy, or stronger resolve.

Sometimes the wisest choice is simply this: to place what we cannot carry into God’s hands … even when the outcome still feels uncertain, and the danger has not yet passed.

The one who refuses to fall is not the strongest … the one who willingly yields to their Heavenly Father is.

I received the eARC of this book from the publisher and NetGalley. I am not required to write a positive review in any way or for any reason. My honest and unbiased opinions expressed in this book review are my own. My review focuses on the writing style, the pacing, and the story’s content, ensuring transparency and reliability.