Panic

What if this happens? What if that happens?

I got up, went into the hotel bathroom, and cried out to the Lord. “Don’t let these things happen!”
I could almost sense his wrinkled expression and a Godly, “Huh?”

For the next couple of days I tried not to think about it, though I was careful to hold onto it tightly and not give it to God. Someone has to worry about these things!

But finally I just couldn’t take it anymore. I couldn’t live like that. So I went into a quiet room and prayed, “Lord, no matter what happens you are in control. So what I pray is that I will know you are in control and I won’t be afraid.”

That’s when the burden lifted.

He is faithful! Since then He has reminded me of His goodness. He has renewed my hope by repeating His promises to me. He has shown me how He has been there in the past, even when I did not know it at the time. He spun me around to show me His perspective.

Instead of promising me nothing will ever happen, He has promised me He is in control of everything that happens and He is with me through it all.

“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. (Jeremiah 29:11)