This has been a challenging past 5 months for me, between my daughter’s medical crisis, my health that required me to have surgery out of nowhere and the reality of being older and how long it takes to recover from surgery. All of this allowed me to spend time in prayer with the Lord during my recovery to experience how he takes care of us during these hard times, how he comforts and sustains us.

I’m so thankful that the Lord has been teaching me what it means to trust him, to let go and allow him to take care of me. To show me that when we think we are in control and “handling” our situations we are just fooling ourselves. We need to fully surrender all our problems – and I do mean everything. Spend time in prayer, giving him the pain, the stress, the worry, anxiety, health issues or anything else that you may be suffering from. His desire is to have us lean on him and allow him to take care of us.

Lord, thank you for being such a loving and caring God. You amaze me everyday with the grace you extend to me. I hand over the stress, anxiety and worry that I am feeling. These are not your characteristics, and I ask that you guide me and protect me.  

In Jesus name, Amen.