Thursday, August 7, 2008

Can We Pray?

Ask yourself this question:
How many times have you told God about everything that's going on inside of your heart and mind? How many times did you take the time to listen to what he had to say?

See, I'm a new Christian (it's been like 3 years since I got Saved), and I am struggling with being "Christian Enough". It seems like my faith in God is stronger at times, than at others. I struggle, daily, with telling the Lord all of my troubles. A lot of times, I am embarassed to talk to the Lord, because I feel like everything that I worry about is so insignificant compared to the worries of others. I feel like, all of the feelings that plague me, are solvable. I shouldn't be bothering God with the small stuff. I sit, almost everyday, and come to God with the same sad story. Brokenhearted, counterproductive me. I want to do good. I want to pick myself off of the ground and march on. It is SO difficult to do sometimes though. I draw all of my strength from the Lord. However, I subconsciously think that I am so strong that "Hey, I'll get through it." When in all actuality, I end up dwelling on it even further. How do you 'let go, and let God'? Countlesss times, I have handed over my worries to God and said "Lord, I'm putting it in your hands." With open arms, he accepts my worries. Somehow, someway, I manage to wiggle back to his hands and take them back out and try to fix them myself. The best relief comes as soon as you hand over your worries. The 'in between' time is good too, because you learn things. You test your faith. The problem is, the things you learn after you hand over your worries to God seem to be 'good enough' to handle the worries, so you take your worries back and say "Chill God, I got this." These are my struggles, and I'm sticking to them, so help me God.
"I've been here all morning..."-Kem

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