Just Let It Go

It is early on a beautiful morning. The sun just peeked over the strawberry covered hills and is shining on the trees. I love trees covered in the morning sunshine. I love mornings! Everything is peaceful and quiet and you can hear nature waking up. The birds started singing their good morning songs. I laid in bed just listening to them for a while preparing myself for the day.

I was reading on in Thoughts from the Mount of Blessings this morning and was again reminded of God's promise to protect and provide for each one of us who will let Him. Again I was reminded that I need not worry about my next meal or clothes that I need. He knows my needs and will take care of them, if I will only let Him. It is so easy to forget that I have the God of the Universe on my side. What a ridiculously huge thing to forget! But it all comes down to faith and trust. Do I really believe that He can do this for me? Look at all the miracles in the Bible! He fed five thousand people! Surely he can feed my little family of 4! I do believe he can provide. Do I believe He would do that for me? That is the hard part. Who am I that He would care about my needs? I am only a tiny little microbe on a giant ball spinning in a huge universe of a gigantic vastness of space! There are others whose needs far surpass mine.

But that's the amazing thing about God! He does care! And He does want to help. He takes care of the sparrows! I just have to let Him take my cares and worries. He does the rest. I know it's much easier said than done. But today, I am giving Him my troubles. I have laid them at His feet. Today, I am choosing to let my wants and desires go and find out what Gods wants and desires for my life are. Because really, what do I want? An iPhone? New clothes? To be done with this moving process? What is that compared to what God might want for me? If I follow His lead, He will bless me beyond worldly possessions. He will give me happiness, peace, love, contentment. Those are what's really important to me.

Father, I pray that You take my pitiful little concerns and wants from my mind. Fill my mind instead with Your direction, Your words, Your love for others. I pray for each person who is reading this. Give them a longing that only You can fill and help them recognize that it is You and please, help them to have the courage to respond to You. Let them know that You love them with a love we cannot comprehend and that they are worth every bit of that love. Thank You Father for knowing our needs and being right there, ready to give us just what we need. Help me to remember to acknowledge You for these things because I know that You are the One who provides for me.

Amen.