When I was little, I remember playing the “trust” game with my friends. You know, the one where you stand in front of someone and blindly fall backwards, trusting them to catch you? It’s really hard to do.
• Sometimes they catch you
• Sometimes they are just mean and decide to let you fall
• Sometimes they claim they didn’t know you were about to fall back
Either way, sometimes you turn out okay, other times, not so much.
How would it feel to know that no matter when you decide to close your eyes and fall backward, there would always be someone there to catch you?
You see where I’m going with this…there IS always someone there. God.
If you believe in our almighty God, it’s not hard to know He’s there. The hard part is actually trusting Him—having the faith to know that He is there and He is in control, no matter what the situation.
Bad things happen we don’t always understand.
If you click on the links to the stories above, you will see something they all have in common. No matter how hopeless the situation seemed, God used it to expand the boundaries of His kingdom. That’s His plan.
As humans, we live bound by the limits of time. Everything in this world has as beginning and an end, and it’s hard for us to comprehend eternity. God created time, and His desire is to spend and infinite amount of it with His children in His kingdom—a paradise we will know as Heaven.
So today’s make-a-change Monday is to work on our spiritual self—and I promise when our spiritual self is in good shape, our physical self follows along.
Every morning when you wake up, pray this short prayer:
“God, I’m putting my trust in you today.
No matter what happens, good or bad, I know you have it under control,
and it’s all part of your plan to create an eternity beyond my wildest dreams.”
And just so you don’t forget, get out that all-purpose post-it note, write “trust” on it, and stick it on your alarm clock. Gotta love those post-it notes!
Just in case you are thinking, “If God has this big plan, it doesn’t matter if I pray or not,” let me say this:
Prayer doesn’t change God. Prayer changes us.
Praying “tunes us in” to God and His plan,
and makes us more aware of His presence in our lives.
Just try it. Even if it’s just words starting out, God will begin working in your heart. Remember, it’s all about small changes. Try it for 3 months and see if your thinking changes. What do you have to lose?
I’ve got my post-it note up to remind me! 😉
From my heart,
Celeste
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