Have you ever heard the saying that God will not give you more than you can handle? I have heard it most of my life. But here lately after listening to a couple podcasts, the most recent is Girls Night with Stephanie May Wilson, they made me question it and realize that is not necessarily true. They talk about how it doesn’t specifically say that anywhere in the Bible and there are many times and seasons that we are in that it is more than we can handle but we have Him to get us through. This gave me a whole new perspective. I have had a lot on the plate and juggling it all has been hard, but lately with my first flight in twelve years upon me my anxiety and fears have been at an all time high. For some of you its worse things and you are facing fears of cancer, death of a family member, loss of a job, something that is way beyond what you can handle. In my situation I can feel my fears becoming more present than my faith and maybe for some of you that is what is happening as…
How many of you are like me and love to be in control? How many people like me live in the fear of what ifs or let your mind and soul become so consumed with anxiety that those voices get so loud you begin to question which way is the right way? Or how about the times God is trying to shut doors that you are wanting desperately to open but He is saying No? There are times He says no and you will be in a season of waiting that tests your patience and your faith, maybe He needs you in the valley so that He can break you down only to remake you and make you whole through Him. I am not going to sit here and pretend like I haven’t tried to lean on my own understanding more than God’s because I have many times. There have also been the times that I have let my own fears and anxiety cause me to not follow the path which He is trying to take me on. I have cried out to Him in my times in the valley and in the darkness because I…