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too was passing through "deep waters"
I think you will like the words.

":Cast thy Burden upon the Lord,
and He shall sustain thee."

"Christian, when thy way seems darkest,
And thine eyes with tears are dim,
Straight to God thy Father hastening,
Tell thy sorrows unto Him.
Not to human ear confiding
The sad tale of grief or care,
But before thy Father hastening,
Pour out all thy sorrows there.

"Sympathy of friends may cheer thee
When the fierce wild storm is past,
But God only can console thee
When it breaks upon thee first.
Go with words, or tears, or silence,
Only lay them at his feet,
Thou shalt prove how great His pity,
And His tenderness how sweet.

"Think, too, thy Divine Redeemer
Knew as thou canst never know
All the deepest depth of suffering,
All the weight of human woe;
And though now in glory seated,
He can hear thy feeblest cry,
Even hear the stifled sighing
Of thy dumb heart's agony.

"All thy griefs by Him are ordered,
Needful is each one for thee,
All thy tears by Him are counted,
One too much there cannot be;
And if whilst they fell so quickly,
Thou canst own His way is right,
Then each bitter tear of anguish
Precious is in Jesus' sight.

"Far too well thy Saviour loves thee
To allow thy life to be
One long calm unbroken summer,
One unruffled stormless sea;