Let Go, Let God

This morning, I listened to a minister who talked about trusting God. Whenever I see these messages, I wonder if it is a gentle ‘poke’ from God, directing to me to reflect, so I examined my own heart and my relationship with Him.

I’ve spoken about prayer and God’s responses to me, but this morning I wonder if I truly trust Him to have my back? There have been so many times that I’ve prayed for answers or solutions, only to worry and blaze forward like a bull in a china shop after my ‘Amen’, to do my own thing to answer my own prayers. Here’s a prime example. I purchased a gift for my youngest son about a month ago, and this gift sat on my cluttered dining room table all that time, until a couple of days ago, when I picked it up and decided to get it in the mail early for his birthday.

And then I promptly misplaced it.

I searched and searched the house, looking in the obvious and the not-so-obvious places – in bathrooms, the refrigerator, in my donation bin, but to no avail. I searched EVERY ROOM OF THE HOUSE! I prayed about it but then kept looking but still was unable to find it and last night finally relinquished control, and let it go. This morning I spoke to my brother about the message I had gotten from this minister about giving my dramas to God and letting go of them, and guess what? While speaking to my brother, I found the gift under the first thing I picked up on my desk while talking to my brother about praying about it.

So this week, today and going forward, I will work on letting go of these things and my need to have my finger in all the pies and giving the problems and issues and glory to Him, He who answers my prayers in amazing ways that I cannot fathom; even the littlest things, such as a ‘Lost and Found’ gift.