Stop Thinking so much...and just let go

Okay, okay,... I admit it...I struggle with WORRY. You know, that nasty draining thing that causes the thoughts in your head to go round and round and to create scenarios (most of which will never come to pass) and onto that horrible merry-go-round of worrisome thinking I go. I'm sure I am not the only one, surely others know what I mean. It isn't as if I don't know any better, I DO. I have told many a story of the miraculous faithfulness of God and how HE gets me from place to place, country to country, feeds me, clothes me, shelters me, and provides me with more than I deserve (and often ever imagine). Not to mention, how HE has restored my health, my soul, and healed a heart broken many times over. I frequently have that internal dialogue where my spirit says, "Why are you worrying? Hasn't HE come through for you EVERY SINGLE time?" HE HAS! HE REALLY TRULY has, I know it is true. I am unable to count how many times HE has come through for me. It's too numerous to count, so very obvious, yet I struggle. A passage of scripture I often find myself returning to over and over...and over again is from Matthew 6:25-26;

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about you life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, an yet your heavenly Father feeds the. Are you not much more valuable than they?" 

I know it is true. HE takes care of me. HE sets right every wrong. HE can be trusted. I have seen a saying that says, "I don't know what tomorrow holds, but I know who holds tomorrow." I have that assurance, and even though I struggle, I know HE understands. HE knows my worries, my fears, my dreams, my hopes...and HE knows what HE is doing. HE knows me better than anyone on this earth ever has, or ever will. HE wants to see me thrive and live "life to the full". He came so I could have a full life, free from worry among other things. HE has rescued me from the chains of fear, anxiety, depression, a broken heart, and has so much more for me here. So, I have to rest in knowing who HE is.

HE is Love
HE is Good
HE is Trustworthy
HE is Faithful
He is Hope 
He is a Good Father
He is for me
He knows what HE is doing

I recently heard a song, (I know I always have a song to share...that's often how God speaks to me) called Be Still. It helps me to get myself back on the right path of thinking, away from the worn out path of Worry and onto that path of Hope. Where my Hope in Christ realigns my thoughts to Him and His ways and to all He is and has done for me. The first part of the song, 
"Be still my heart and know 
                             You are God alone 
                 Stop thinking so much 
              and just let go" 

really spoke to my spirit, I just need to continue to remind myself every now and again. I  hope this honest blog, (where I often bear myself) can encourage someone and I hope this song will do the same.