God isn’t asking you to figure it out – He is asking you to trust that He already has

If you look around at your life and wonder what the heck is going on … Same!

I am often so confused about how I got to this place and where I go from here…

It’s tough not to get discouraged at how things work out, especially when death & loss are so far outside anything we can even remotely control. And then you add on top that apparently it all works out for your good, and it is all just jumbled chaos in my brain.

One of the biggest hurdles for me to really embrace this quote is the idea of “not figuring it out” but trusting that God already has. I am one of those people who really thrive in the ‘figuring it out’ phase. I love a good challenge, puzzle, problem – you name it, if we have to ‘figure it out – I am there (with notepads, postit notes and colored pens (preferably of the Sharpie variety!) I can problem-solve like it’s my superpower!

Recognizing and abiding by the fact that we ARENT supposed to figure it all out – that is my kryptonite!

This requires me to let it gooooooo and give it to God, and that is honestly really hard for me. Like really hard. And I know its the same for most of us. Even if you aren’t a control freak, the idea that you have very little control over your own life is pretty daunting. My instinct is to assume I can do something, be something, say something, work harder, try more, BE different and that will change things. But that’s not it, is it!?

Nope.

God has it figured out and there is nothing we can do to change the path he has planned for us, except to TRUST.

I know we (humans) DON’T have the answers or the abilities to make this wonderful world come together. God’s will and HIS plan have already been determined for each and every one of us and our responsibility in this life is to TRUST and FOLLOW and let HIS will be done. But man – this is not my jam! I am equal parts relieved & terrified that God has it all figured out and it doesn’t all depend on me.

Relieved because – hi, I’m human and super full of flaws.

Terrified because it requires me to relinquish control & any sort of knowledge or understanding of what is happening and what is to come.

So putting my life and my future in the unknown is daunting and legit stressful.

But here is what I know –

1. There is no way I can do this life without help.

2. I recognize that there are SO many things I don’t have control over

3. God is infinitely wiser & stronger than me – so … I probably shouldn’t fight it all.

Cause at the end of the day. I can’t do this solo and God knows WAY more than me.

My prayer for you is that you find some way, somehow to accept that not only do you not have to figure it out, but you really shouldn’t even try. We are meant to put our faith & trust in our Heavenly Father and that is what I pray we do. You have a beautiful, wonderful, blessed, special life – whether you can see it right now or not. That’s what trusting God produces – a life we could never even imagine for ourselves.

XO

Tay