Trusting in God!

All my life I have heard people tell me...
     "Trust in God and leave all the consequences to Him"
I never knew how much this would come to mean to me. God really has been so good to me and continues to sustain me. However, He does not always make it easy. It is a daily choice right now to remember that He is God and knows the future even when I have no idea. Things come up all the time and when your married, money quickly becomes an issue even when you don't want it to.
 
Within the past few weeks we have discovered dental bills that will be coming, Joe's computer crashed and we had to get a new and better one, and our regular bills are still coming. When things happen all at once like this I have a tendency to panic and try to grab onto whatever I can so I can contain the situation. My husband is always the first to slow me down and remind me that God is still in control. And he really is so right!

This Sunday we received a check from a couple within the church for a large sum of money. This was not expected and such a huge blessing and really the only way that we are continuing to make it. But it just showed me, once again, how much God is watching us and taking care of us.

I think that in life we have to stop looking at our problems and how we feel and look to God instead. I know its easier said than done, trust me, but think about how true it is. Do I really think that my God does not know how to fix our situation or how much money would help right now? Of course He does. So if He does then He has an amazing reason and lesson in letting us weather this tough time in our life financially.

My main concern is to always focus on God and all that He has blessed me with and not what I don't have. I know that I would rather be trusting in God than a job because jobs can be gone and so can money. The one thing that is true and remains true is that He loves me and knows what I need better than I do.

So, no matter what you are going through please remember that God loves you (really loves you) more than anyone and He already  has a plan for you and your life. He has it all figured out and He will show you when it is the perfect time! So enjoy your life and what you have right now, and try your best to let God handle the specifics of your future!

A new year!

There is something about having a candle lit in a clean apartment while enjoying the John Mayer pandora station. It takes me right back to college when I had no clue what God had in store for me! That was the day of classes, Aggie spirit everywhere, games, teaching voice lessons, and wondering who my prince charming would be!

Everyone tells you not to rush growing up and to enjoy every moment because you will never have that moment again. I did enjoy that time but I don't think I really thought that I would miss it the way I do sometimes! I miss my friends, and moments of random Spoons or Chick-fil-a trips just because we really needed a break from the long study hours!

You don't realize till later how much these events and people really mean to you. I may feel it a bit more because I am in another state but I think everyone feels it in some way. The truth is that things you plan for don't always turn out the way that you think they will. I know many people who got their degree only to be searching for jobs when they are done... for people in relationships who think they will marry soon to end because it was not what they thought... and for people to find out they don't even like the job they went to school for.

Somehow through all of this we all are OK! God has a divine plan for everyone and He always shows it in His perfect timing. If you had told me in college that I would meet a guy at summer camp from Colorado who acted like a big kid and move with him to Nebraska so he could be a Youth minister... I would tell you that you were crazy! But that is exactly what happened and I would not want it any other way! So if your going through something now that you were not expecting then... Just remember that God is always in control and He already knew this was going to happen!