Monday, June 13, 2016

We Are Not In Control

Control is such a scary thing. We think we are in control of our lives and we try so hard to be. We want to have our lives go smoothly. We want to have a stress-free life, a life filled with comfort and ease. We don't want hardships or any discomfort. We just want an easy, happy, stress-free life.

No matter what we do to prevent it hardships happen, stress happens, rough days happen, even rough months or years. We feel uncomfortable at times. We go through hard stuff. Still through all of that we try so so hard to have control of every area of our life. We strive to live in comfort and have a "perfect life", but there is no such thing as perfect on earth. We strive for something that is unattainable.
 
If only we would just stop and give it up. Give it up? Yes give it to the one who created each and every one of us. Give it up to the one who sees us every single day of our lifes. Give it up to our Heavenly Father. God is in control. Whether we like it or not GOD IS IN CONTROL.

It's tough, I know I struggle with this myself. It's tough to just let it all go and give it to God. I tend to hold things inside and battle with myself before finally running to God and giving him all my worries, and concerns, and stresses. I hold it in and just tell myself that I have it under control (when clearly I'm falling apart inside). I tell myself that I am fine and that I can do it on my own, but I can't. We are not created to live our lives alone. We are not created to be independent and journey through life on our own strength. God created us for Him. To have a relationship with himself and to worship Him and love Him and strive to serve Him.

Yes life is hard. It is very hard at some points, but we aren't supposed to do it on our own. We aren't meant to make it on our own. Life is so much harder without help. Without God we can't do anything. We struggle, we fight, we are stubborn, we try and do everything on our own, but WE CAN'T.  The sooner we realize that the better. The sooner we fall at the feet of Christ and surrender our daily life to Him the better. The sooner we surrender our hurts, our fears, our struggles, our worries, our thoughts to Him the sooner we will find His grace and His peace and His love.

It's that easy, but us humans make it so hard. No it's not easy to express your weaknesses or your faults or your struggles or worries, but what is so silly about that, is Christ already knows. We are so stubborn and we hold back from the One who knows every detail about our lives. He created us yet we fear His judgement, or we refrain from His grace. We can't wrap our minds around grace or God's love for us so we refrain, we put up walls, we try to do it on our own, but WHY?

God is there with you through the struggles of life. Through the daily ups and downs. Through the dark times and he's there through the good times. His right hand is always there reaching out to you. You only need to reach out and grab it. He won't force it on you. It's up to you. Reach out to the hand that is so eagerly waiting to help you up, to lead you and guide you. God is here waiting... He's waiting for you.


xo Heidi

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