On Trusting God

One thing that I have been struggling with over the past two weeks is trusting God and do what he was telling me to do. In all honesty, I thought God was overreacting. I thought I could fix things and handle them all on my own. I thought it would all blow over in a week and things would get back to normal.

Well...

It didn't...

I won't go into too much detail about my situation because some things are best to remain private, but what I will tell you is that my relationship with God had gone downhill because I was not in a situation that was pleasing to him. Yes, I still went to church every Sunday, but that was just about it. I was not reading my bible like I should have and was not living to please Him. 

Well, God then started knocking on my heart's door and said, "Carol Ann, you need to stop. You need to come home." I ignored it at first and then God started to tell me again, but this time it was through my friend Grant. Grant has helped me a lot in my relationship with Christ, so for some reason one night, I found myself calling him and asking him for his advice. Grant prayed with me, but I was still in denial of what God was telling me to do. As you can see, I am a very stubborn person. Finally, God showed me something I could not run away from. I had to do what he said. I had to trust God. 

Ya know that feeling you get in your stomach when you find out something you really didn't wanna know? Well, I had that feeling for a week. It is finally starting to subside and I feel so much better knowing that God is taking care of my situation. 

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT ALONE

A photo that comes to mind when trusting God is this one. 

This little girl loves her teddy bear and is having a hard time giving it up. It is the best thing in the world to her and it is hard for her to give up something that she's had for a long time. This is exactly how I felt, but God has amazing things planned for our future. God has a much better teddy bear for us. I know it seems so easy to give up a teddy bear, but God also does this with jobs, relationships, friendships, school, houses, cars, and I promise, so much more. 

I felt like God was laying this on my heart to tell you about trusting God, but the next question many ask is how? How can we lay it all at God's feet and not feel like you made a mistake or regret it? Well, here are the three things I am doing. 

1.) Surrender yourself and all of your troubles to God.

Galatians 2:20 says, "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me."

2.) Replace negative thoughts with positive ones.

Thessalonians 5:16-18 says, "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."

3.) Ask God to give you patience.

Proverbs 14:29 says, "Whoever is patient has great understanding,

but one who is quick-tempered displays folly."

I hope this all makes a little sense and maybe you have a better understanding of what it means to trust God and trust me, it is way easier being said than done. I am so thankful that we serve a loving God that no matter how far away we get from Him, that when we turn around, he's waiting for us with open arms. 

I hope you all have a wonderful week!

Carol Ann, xx