It is nice every now and then to actually remember the freedom we have to trust in God and to know that He is in control of everything. Not that "God is doing a great job of implementing my plans" or "on Sunday God can handle my life but on Monday through Saturday I have to carry the load" or "God doesn't know about my little problems and why would he care anyway". No, none of those will do. Only a confidence that He is truly in control, and moreover, He likes us - no, loves us - so much that everything we think or do or say or desire is of the utmost concern to Him. Only if we hoard our little corner of this world and try to protect it from God, then we will be left wanting. But if we leave our little lives open to Him, or better yet, if we bring ourselves and our needs and our whatever it is to Him, "he will give you the desires of your heart" (Psalm 37:4). And in the words of Anne Lamott:
"It helps to resign as the controller of your fate. All that energy we expend to keep things running right is not what keeps things running right."
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