God's Calming Hand

Weekly, I get together with a group from church just to talk, eat dinner, read the Bible and just be together. A few weeks ago, one person posed the question of what has God done in your life this fall. I really had to think and normally I seriously hate questions like this. It feels like if you don't have an answer you need to quickly come up with one so you don't look like the unholy one in the group (come on people... you know what I'm talking about). But this time I had an answer to give...

These past few months I have felt a series of different emotions about my life, Sweden and my future.
Where will I be after graduation?
What will I do after graduation?
I want to stay in Sweden
No... maybe on the second thought, I want to be in the United States or Canada.
Hm... Living in France was a nice and I greatly enjoyed that period of my life. Maybe I should go back to France.
No. No. Sweden. I definitely have to stay here.

This going back and forth on what and where was next for me became a large and pressing stress upon my heart and mind. It greatly affected my mood and how I interacted with others. I prayed for rest and guidance constantly without prevail. Then one morning as I was drinking my coffee. I flipped my Bible open to a random page just to see what God had to say that morning. I opened to one of my favorite passages of the Bible. Psalm 46:

God is our refuge and strength, 

a very present help in trouble.

Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way.

though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, 

though its waters roar and foam, 

though the mountains tremble at its swelling. 

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, 

the holy habitation of the Most High.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;

God will help her when morning dawns.

The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;

he utters his voice, the earth melts.

The Lord of hosts is with us;

the God of Jacob is our fortress.

Come, behold the works of the Lord, 

how he has brought desolations on the earth.

He makes wars cease to the end of the earth.

He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;

he burns the chariots with fire.

Be still, and know that I am God.

I will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth!

The Lord of hosts is with us;

the God of Jacob is our fortress. 

Wow. Seriously. Wow. What power and truth can be found in this psalm. Why have I been worrying? Why have I been pretending like I have any power in the matter? God will fight all my battles - including my anxieties. I only need to be still and acknowledge Him as the Most High. He will place me in the right job, in the right city, in the right country. It's His Plan...not mine. But goodness - how hard that it is remember! He has brought me this far and He will continue to hold me close until my last breath. 

Giving my nervousness about my future to God allowed me to see my life after school as an adventure waiting to unfold. I'm just a little hobbit walking on the best adventure yet (you know I had to throw a little nerd in there...) 

I just wanted to share my recent thoughts and life with Christ with everyone. I feel a lot of people struggle with controlling their life and have great anxieties about making the 'best' choices for the future. I'm here to say... I. Get. It. Give all your fears to God and He will surely never leave you.

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