Live and Let God

I have a horrible time giving God ultimate power in my life. I know from experience that He is always good and exceeds my expectations, but I'm still afraid to relinquish control. Humans can serve two masters- sin or God. Of course, God is merciful, so there is no slavery with Him, but freedom. Even though this is reassuring, it's still very, very hard to give up control. We think we know best. We think God will mess up, or not give us what we really want. It's a bitter pill to swallow, and a trial that most Christians go through.

It's funny, we live in an extremely lazy society, where we don't want to do anything for ourselves, and would rather blame others for our misfortune, but we don't want to let God do His part, which is to place all of our burdens upon Him. Jesus is the one who said, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burden, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28). You would think that with our lazy society, we would be jumping for joy at that verse and gratefully giving God all of our problems, so we don't have to deal with it. Yet, we don't. We would much rather put it all on ourselves, when God wants us to depend on Him, not on ourselves.

When I was ten, I started a box to put all of my worries in. This was helpful for me, because I was overly-anxious about everything, and I think it helped alleviate some of my worries. Recently, I was reading Redeeming Love (the best book ever, by the way), and it mentions a prayer box, where you submit your prayers to God, and after you do, it becomes His problem, not yours. It reminded me of my worry box, and the comfort that it brought to me, so I've decided to do a prayer box as well. Whether or not I will completely "let go" is a question in of itself, but it's worth a shot!

Here are some things I will include:

• Friendships- I think you all are tired of reading about my horrendous social history, and I'm tired of thinking about it. You can never have too many friends, and I'm looking for true sisters in Christ who can help me grow to be a better person.
• Marriage- It's weird...my parents have always told me, "Don't get married until after you graduate from college!" from the time I was a little girl. Now that I'm going to graduate in less than a year, I guess I'm now allowed to (almost) get married! My mom has even made comments, stating, "Whenever you get married..." more often now. Call me traditional, but I have always wanted to be a wife and have children with the house and white picket fence and the whole nine yards. If it's a goal of mine, as it is, shouldn't I be pursuing it, especially since I'm of age now? It's something I look forward to in the future, and I want to start praying about it now.
• Adventure- I've had a plain vanilla cycle of existence for the past few years. Work. School. Work. School. Netflix. Work. School. Homework. Get distracted, watch Netflix. There's so much more to life that God has to offer, and I'm not doing myself any favors by caging myself. I believe God will present opportunities for me. 

I'm sure I'll have a whole list going once I start this. I encourage everyone to do this. Pin your hopes, dreams, worries, fears, desires, etc., all upon God. I promise, you won't be disappointed.

God bless!

XOXO,

Megan