Quit trying to see ahead.....

OK, i just got a new book today called "Mocha with Max" by Max Lucado. I love reading this man's work. He takes some of the most difficult of things to understand in Christian living and makes them nthe easiest to understand.

One of the biggest things that I have trouble with is letting go and trying to figure out what the next step will be. I do pretty good at giving things up to the Lord, but in just a couple of days (or hours, or minutes, maybe even seconds) I take them back. I want to know what is going to happen if I do give them up and rely on Him completely to take care of things.

Well, Mr. Lucado put it down in black-and-white for me. He says, " God isn't going to let you see the distant scene. So you might as well quit looking for it. He promises a lamp unto our feet, not a crystal ball into the future. We do not need to know what will happen tomorrow. We only need to know He leads."

OK, so I just have to believe that my Lord will take care of things. He knows what is going to happen with me and for me. He knows that he has good plans for me (Jeremiah 29:11). I just have to understand that the key to my knowledge of this is letting go.

So my journey that I need to continue....let go....give it up and don't take it back...Oh my. I am 52 years old and haven't been able to really do that yet. I have gotten much better at it in the last 3-4 years, but I'm still not there. So here I go. I am starting today to strive to let go. Trust that God, my Lord, my Saviour, will handle my stuff. And I have lots of stuff to be handled. Thanks Lord. I am starting now.