I am working on on relaxing. Working on relaxing.
Something nice will happen and I will worry about it. How whacked out is that? Why can't I just relax?
The Bible says God has good plans for us. When good things happen why is that cause for concern? I mean - I don't really think I have a great handle on what is good for me and what is not good for me, but I do believe that God is good - trustworthy - big picture ... I truly want to relax - vacate.
Good stuff happens and I want it to keep on happening - then I worry that it won't. I don't want to worry about goofy stuff like that. I don't want to worry about anything. I want to do what I think God wants me to do. I want to go there and just do what I do - what God has made possible for me to do. I like the lyrics - "Daily bread, give us daily bread,bless our bodies - keep our children feed..." I keep on knowing that God encourages us to stay in the day. Seems like I like to borrow trouble from yesterday and tomorrow. I think I need to spend the energy on relaxing into relaxing. I need to do what I'm supposed to do and then just relax - don't fret, don't second guess, don't kick myself around.
What I believe is really true is that God is in control - He is God - I can rest in that. Now I feel better.
Gratitude ~ Nicole Nordeman
Send some rain, would You send some rain?
'Cause the earth is dry and needs to drink again
And the sun is high and we are sinking in the shade
Would You send a cloud, thunder long and loud?
Let the sky grow black and send some mercy down
Surely You can see that we are thirsty and afraid
But maybe not, not today
Maybe You'll provide in other ways
And if that's the case . . .
(Chorus)
We'll give thanks to You
With gratitude
For lessons learned in how to thirst for You
How to bless the very sun that warms our face
If You never send us rain
Daily bread, give us daily bread
Bless our bodies, keep our children fed
Fill our cups, then fill them up again tonight
Wrap us up and warm us through
Tucked away beneath our sturdy roofs
Let us slumber safe from danger's view this time
Or maybe not, not today
Maybe You'll provide in other ways
And if that's the case . . .
(Chorus)
We'll give thanks to You
With gratitude
A lesson learned to hunger after You
That a starry sky offers a better view if no roof is overhead And if we never taste that bread
Oh, the differences that often are between
What we want and what we really need
So grant us peace, Jesus, grant us peace
Move our hearts to hear a single beat
Between alibis and enemies tonight
Or maybe not, not today
Peace might be another world away
And if that's the case . . .
(Chorus)
We'll give thanks to You
With gratitude
For lessons learned in how to trust in You
That we are blessed beyond what we could ever dream
In abundance or in need
And if You never grant us peace
But Jesus, would You please . . .
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