Learning to Trust

By nature I'm a worryier. Will there be enough money for this month's bills? Will my children be healthy? Did my children remember to wash their hands after being out in public?

Or maybe it's just that I like to be in control of my world. I've been told I have a type-A personality...that is, I like to be in charge, and I'm good at it. So I find it hard to trust anyone else to do it right. After all, trust, I've been taught, is earned (a trait I may find helpful when my little ones become teenagers).

Everyday I struggle to trust God to meet my needs. I mean, trusting would require me to let go of my control of the situation, and let God do whatever He has planned. It's not that He has ever failed me, or given me reason to doubt. We have food on our table, clothes on our backs, warm beds. Trust just doesn't come easy for me. I'm so focused on the here and now, trying to make all the pieces of my life fit together in this neat little package, that I think sometimes I've missed a bigger blessing on the way.

I want my children be trusting of God, and I know that I must learn this first.  To take my eyes off of today's troubles and focus my attention on my Lord.  And let Him truly be in control. 

Lord, help me to be still today, and trust you.

Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10