sometimes i think i LIKE worrying....
Why can't I stop worrying about the future? It's like even though i KNOW God has a plan, I KNOW i should trust him, it's so hard to consistently live with that trust. I give things over to him, and I immediately pull it back in just so I can dwell on the unknown. Why can't I just rest and be still?
I mean, when you think about it, worrying is just me trying to control things I don't have control over. Simply, I'm just playing God.
God's used my circumstances and plans before to get me where I needed to be, even though at the time I didn't understand why I didn't get what I wanted.
Last semester I was determined to stay in nashville for the summer... I applied for jobs, didn't get any, applied to be an RA, didn't get it, wanted to take classes, and none of mine were offered, and i had seven dollars left! But my summer in Fort Myers led to changes in my life that may not have happened or may have taken a lot longer otherwise.
So even when I have seen how God can and DOES use things to help me grow, why is it so hard to get it from my head to my actions?
But I've realized the importance of not looking back... what's over is DONE! OVER! Paul said in Philippians that he pressed on to take hold of what Jesus had in store for him, forgot what was behind him, and strained toward what is ahead. I learned 3 things from these 2 verses:
I need to press ON! (don't stay put or live in the past - go and keep going!!)
I need to forget what is behind! (not FORGET the past, but learned and grown from it, while recognizing when it's over; dwelling on something dead does not bring it to life)
Strain toward what's ahead (Move on, be excited for the future, carpe diem!)
~*~ Great is Thy faithfulness, morning by morning new mercies I see! ~*~
I mean, when you think about it, worrying is just me trying to control things I don't have control over. Simply, I'm just playing God.
God's used my circumstances and plans before to get me where I needed to be, even though at the time I didn't understand why I didn't get what I wanted.
Last semester I was determined to stay in nashville for the summer... I applied for jobs, didn't get any, applied to be an RA, didn't get it, wanted to take classes, and none of mine were offered, and i had seven dollars left! But my summer in Fort Myers led to changes in my life that may not have happened or may have taken a lot longer otherwise.
So even when I have seen how God can and DOES use things to help me grow, why is it so hard to get it from my head to my actions?
But I've realized the importance of not looking back... what's over is DONE! OVER! Paul said in Philippians that he pressed on to take hold of what Jesus had in store for him, forgot what was behind him, and strained toward what is ahead. I learned 3 things from these 2 verses:
I need to press ON! (don't stay put or live in the past - go and keep going!!)
I need to forget what is behind! (not FORGET the past, but learned and grown from it, while recognizing when it's over; dwelling on something dead does not bring it to life)
Strain toward what's ahead (Move on, be excited for the future, carpe diem!)
~*~ Great is Thy faithfulness, morning by morning new mercies I see! ~*~