Letting Go

I love starting the day off with my devotional and a cup of coffee. It sets the tone for the day and helps me focus on what truly matters. Something I struggle with and am working through is learning how to let go. Letting go of control can be one of the hardest things to do. I want to trust God and trust his plans for me, but that means handing over control to Him. Trusting Him with my dreams, my future, my relationships. Most of the time I am clinging on for dear life, mostly due to fear. Fear that things won’t work out, fear of being unhappy, fear of failing, fear of succeeding, the list goes on. I’ve always been a “worrywart” as they say, and so living in the moment has always been a struggle. Instead, I try to think and plan for the future. Imagining every possible outcome of events so I can try to prepare myself for them. This usually leads to my feeling anxious and overwhelmed.

But the thing is…. I don’t have to have it all figured out. I can take it one baby step at a time and see where that leads me. This concept does not, however, come easy for me. It is something that I will have to work on every. single. day.

Right now I am choosing to let go and see what happens. To live in the moment and Trust Him.

“Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.” Matthew 6:34 (The Message)