My best friend and I have been trying to get together for almost a year. We're not trying to plan an elaborate trip away from our families for a week, or anything like that. We just want to see each other. For like an hour if we can! I'll take what I can get at this point. Like all friends, we imagined marrying brothers and being neighbors (with a tunnel from her house to mine, preferably) and getting to experience all of life's milestones together! Of course, that's not reality. We live a couple hours from each other and rarely have a day on our calendar that works to meet up. We did marry cousins though! So holidays are set. ;)
Lately there has been something outside of our control keeping us from seeing each other. Snowstorms... sick kids... babysitters falling through... You name it. The universe doesn't want us to hang out! At least, that's what I kept telling myself during my latest pity party after our plans failed again.
I was on a walk with my kids trying to stay positive and not let my bad attitude overflow onto them, and I looked at the sky and said, "I give up!" Yes, I said it out loud. My kids definitely think I'm crazy. But I was at the point where my friend and I had both worked so hard and made all of these plans and tried our best to see each other, that it really felt like a joke at this point. So, I gave up. But as quickly as I said it, a thought popped into my head.
"Give it to Him."
Have you ever had that? Where a thought comes into your mind and part of you thinks, "that doesn't sound like me." Very few times in my life have I experienced this, and I truly believe the Holy Spirit works in mysterious ways and this is one of them. So I chewed on that while we walked. We made it to the point where we were ready to turn around and head back to the house, and I saw the most beautiful sunbeams bursting out of the clouds. "Give it to Him." I said it out loud, and it felt like a command.
I don't know if God pays attention to my calendar. Will He present a day for my friend and I to finally hang out? I think so. He's not going to ask us which days will work for us and try to come up with the perfect timing that will accommodate both of our schedules. No. But He'll make it happen.
This is a very innocent problem to hand over to God. You may have something much heavier weighing on you and you're thinking of throwing in the towel. Please don't. Don't give up. I don't know what it is you're dealing with, but I know that with God all things are possible.
Matthew 19:26 Luke 1:37 Philippians 4:13 Mark 10:27 Give it God and let Him take on some of your worries. Life is hard enough with worrying about things we cannot control. I'm not telling you to "worry less." Trust me, that's not helpful and usually makes me worry more. But if you can slowly start to give it to God and trust that He will take care of you and your worries, you will have room for so much goodness.
Don't give up. Give it to God.
XO, Courtney
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