i'm an axious person. i think i always have been. it can be so crippling when i let it take me over. my dear friend regina commented on my last blog post and gave me an amazing Bible verse. i've read it before a number of times, but this time it spoke to me in a strong way:
Rejoice, in the Lord always. I will say it again rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Phil 4:4-7
i need to work on being thankful, truly thankful, for the life God has given me. i have to keep my eyes focused on Him, let go of this anxiety and trust that He has it all taken care of. it's hard to let go of things and hand them over when i want so badly to take hold of it and control my situation -- control where i live and where i work and who comes and goes in my life. i can pray and ask God for things but in the end if my prayers aren't answered, if what I want isn't in His plan, then i need to let it go and trust that whatever He has planned for my life is better than anything i could ever want.
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“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!” - Jack Kerouac
“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls." - Mother Teresa
“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls." - Mother Teresa
1 comment:
Jesika,
The thing I've learned about God being the one in control of my life is that it also means that I am not.
Part of maturity is learning to be "ok" with that fact.
I'm still learning it too.
-kg
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