uncertainty.

A few days ago as I was driving home, I thought to myself where I would be a year from now. However, I quickly realized I had absolutely no clue...AND I was okay with it. Uncertainty is something that has always scared me and something I have always struggled with, yet when I came to this realization, I didn’t feel worried.

In the past few months, I have been through one of the most challenging times of my life as I have had to practice trusting the Lord. I have always told myself this is something I do, but until I was actually tested, I realized how much difficulty I found in doing this. Trusting Him always sounded so easy, but in this current chapter of my life I have found it something that I am facing every day.

The Lord has placed multiple people in my life in the past few weeks who have shown me that my trust needs to be in Jesus. I have been focusing my heart on this and have suddenly realized how many burdens I have felt lifted off of me. Although at times I still feel worried and afraid, as I am uncertain of what lies ahead, I am reminded of Jeremiah 29:11.

“For I know the plans I have for you”, declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

With college quickly coming around the corner, and the main reason for my uncertainty, this verse has brought me an incredible amount of peace.

I am learning that uncertainty is okay. If you know me, you know that I am the type of person who plans my life down to the second and always knows (well at least I always think I do) what’s going to happen. However, when I do surrender my worries to Jesus, I find myself feeling 10000x better, and question why I ever thought I would be able to handle everything on my own.

This is something that I am continually going to work on and practice, as I still believe that I am in control at times when I am simply not!!!! If this is something that you feel you find yourself facing, no matter what part of your life you are in, I urge you to give it to God. It’s as easy as that!!! And I promise you (from personal experience) it will leave you feeling so much better and relieved as there is no reason to be afraid of what lies ahead, as the Lord has already prepared it for us and all we can do is trust in Him.

xoxo, b.