"Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" - Luke 12:25
Worrying - This is one of the hardest things for me to conquer. I've always been the worrying type. I worry about so many things and honestly I don't even know why anymore! I know God's always here and in control. Though, I still lie awake at night worrying/thinking about things. It's frustrating. I read the question in the verse above, so often, even knowing the answer, and yet I still struggle with it more often than not.
"Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you." - 1 Peter 5:7
This verse means so much to me these days. The past few months I've been so ridiculously anxious. The Lord keeps raising my hopes and dreams SO high and then it seems as though He shatters my everything.
"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." - Romans 12:12
There has been verse after verse jumping out to me this past month about patience, hope, and prayer. But I love this verse because it's all of these things combined! I've always felt like I was a pretty patient person, but as God throws detours in my life, in front of things I know He has called me do and given me such a passion for, I've shamefully struggled with trusting and waiting on His timing.
As I laid awake last night praying, not for God to change things, but for Him to simply give me peace about His plans/timing, I put my Bible down and turned the radio on, hoping to distract my mind long enough to fall asleep, and the song, "While I'm Waiting" by John Waller, came on. . .I had forgotten all about that song! Once again, everything made sense. While I'm waiting on what I know I will one day do, I will continue to serve the Lord with my all! It's such a simple concept and yet we all struggle with it more than we are willing to admit. I'm writing this to not only share my own heart, struggles, and thoughts but I think everyone needs the simple reminder that "For everything there is a season" and I want to encourage everyone to lay your lives down, trust and serve the Lord with your whole being. Our challenge in life, for myself included, is to give God our lives!. . .besides, we're His anyway, so why not? :)
Worrying - This is one of the hardest things for me to conquer. I've always been the worrying type. I worry about so many things and honestly I don't even know why anymore! I know God's always here and in control. Though, I still lie awake at night worrying/thinking about things. It's frustrating. I read the question in the verse above, so often, even knowing the answer, and yet I still struggle with it more often than not.
"Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you." - 1 Peter 5:7
This verse means so much to me these days. The past few months I've been so ridiculously anxious. The Lord keeps raising my hopes and dreams SO high and then it seems as though He shatters my everything.
"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." - Romans 12:12
There has been verse after verse jumping out to me this past month about patience, hope, and prayer. But I love this verse because it's all of these things combined! I've always felt like I was a pretty patient person, but as God throws detours in my life, in front of things I know He has called me do and given me such a passion for, I've shamefully struggled with trusting and waiting on His timing.
As I laid awake last night praying, not for God to change things, but for Him to simply give me peace about His plans/timing, I put my Bible down and turned the radio on, hoping to distract my mind long enough to fall asleep, and the song, "While I'm Waiting" by John Waller, came on. . .I had forgotten all about that song! Once again, everything made sense. While I'm waiting on what I know I will one day do, I will continue to serve the Lord with my all! It's such a simple concept and yet we all struggle with it more than we are willing to admit. I'm writing this to not only share my own heart, struggles, and thoughts but I think everyone needs the simple reminder that "For everything there is a season" and I want to encourage everyone to lay your lives down, trust and serve the Lord with your whole being. Our challenge in life, for myself included, is to give God our lives!. . .besides, we're His anyway, so why not? :)
