Sunday Sentiments

 

It’s always been hard for me to step back and live in a place of trust for God to work out the details of life. I presume it comes more naturally to some than to others…and I’m an other.

            God has really been working with me on this lately, bringing to my attention all the ways that He has things under control, and the hours I spend needlessly worrying about something that I can’t control or change are just wasted hours.

            Even in the last week, He’s shown me He is in the details.

            When Ryan’s alternator went out on his truck last Friday, we had an appointment at a shop scheduled almost a week out, because they’re so backed up, that was the soonest they could get us in. And then we had a friend who could fit us in immediately and needed the extra work. Within 24 hours, our truck was back and fixed. God knew!

            I mentioned a few days ago that I ordered some pictures for our house and accidentally shipped them to our old house. I was so irritated with myself for messing it up, and while we do have the new owner’s phone number, I hated to call and bother them to hold our mail. And then…the delivery switched from UPS to the post office, mid-delivery, which means it is in the middle of being forwarded to us. What a blessing!

            I was invited to make a presentation at work, which is really exciting to think about, but the dates made me nervous. The training where I will speak takes place over two days, and the first day conflicts with family photo night. I hated to gratefully accept the opportunity to share while saying, “Oh, by the way, can you redo the schedule if needed so we can get to family pictures?” I decided to just trust the Lord with it, and they ended up scheduling me on the opposite day. Problem averted!

            And then, just a day later, I was invited to speak at a Christmas event for a church in Indianapolis. I was willing to do it, but I was admittedly nervous about how to get there in time after work and how late I would get home that night – only to have to be on the road by 6:30 the next morning for a long day of work in Ohio. In the end, the group went with another speaker, and the Lord reminded me that He knew how much my schedule could take, and He went before me to take care of things.

            I’m sure I’ll continue to wrestle with this, but I am thankful I’m beginning to see the joy of submitting to God’s loving care with little details like this. He knows the things that concern our hearts and we can trust Him to handle them!