I have three close friends from high school that I meet every year for a week. We've been doing this for ten years. Every year we are each dealing with something-sometimes more than one something! We rush through life, putting out fires-work health, family, money, you name it. We all have problems. Life can be very stressful when you try to deal with it on your own. You make plans, work on solutions, think you've got it all figured out, but somehow things never work out the way we think they will. Our plan may not be Gods plan.
We all want to control our lives. But, there is something very restful and comforting about accepting our limitations, giving ourselves over to Gods time table, and turning our problems over to God. Knowing He cares for us allows us to rest in his love. Imagine yourself crawling up onto Gods lap, take a few deep breaths and settle in, rest your head on His chest, feel His arms wrap around you in a loving embrace. Relax and talk to God. Tell Him about your problems, your fears, your worries. Feel the warmth of His love surrounding you, sustaining you.
When you get up will your problems be miraculously gone? Of course not. But, you will feel more capable of facing what life is throwing at you because you won't be alone. And as Archbishop William Temple said, "When I pray, coincidences happen, when I don't, they don't."
"Into Thy hands I commit my Spirit", Jesus said it as He was dying on the cross, Stephen said it as he was being stoned, and David wrote it in Psalm 31. Follow their example. Commit your spirit into His hands. Rest in Him.
"Spirit Song"
Oh, let the Son of God enfold you
with His spirit and His love,
Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.
O' let him have the things that hold you, and
his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life
and make you whole.
O' come and sing this song of gladness as your hearts
are filled with joy.Lift your hands in sweet surrender to his name,
O' give Him all your tears and sadness;
Give Him all your years of pain,
and you'll enter into life in Jesus name.
Margaret Williams
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