Tough Women Have Fears

Tough Women have a common characteristic:  We are often afraid and insecure.  Wouldn't everyone else be surprised to learn that the tough exterior we exhibit was a shell of fear?  "You're so brave," they say.  "You're so resilient."  We boast that we are able to do everything faster and better than everyone else.  But inside, well, you know.  In our private moments, we are not that way at all. 

What do tough women fear?  We fear not being in control because, if we are not in control, then someone else is -- and that person is not going to look out for our best interests.  We don't trust anyone else to do the job we can do, to the extent that we can do it, with the quality we can -- and ultimately, we reason, it will harm us in some way to let someone else do it for us.

This brings us to God.  Do we -- as believers in God -- at least trust Him to handle things?

Quite honestly, most of my life, I have not trusted God to do the job.  I would much rather do it myself.  I have said I trusted God.  I have even said it to Him in prayer, "Oh God, I trust You!", but no sooner have I said that then I have had the opportunity to show Him that I did not.  Here's what I don't trust about God:  He won't do it my way.  He won't give me what I want, in the way I want it, and to the degree that I want it.

Here is what I  have learned in these past 5 decades of life:  God always does it better.

I know it sounds trite.   "Put your faith in God and He will take care of everything."

"Well," you ask, "Where does that leave me?"  And the question hangs in the air:  "What will I do with myself if I leave it all to God?  What does my life of surrender look like?

Proverbs 5, verses 6 and 7 say:  Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding.  In all your ways, acknowledge Him...and He will direct your path! 

It's my favorite verse.  I say it out loud every morning before my feet hit the floor.  I try to envision how I can acknowledge Him in everything I will do.

Let's acknowledge God in everything today and see where HE takes us, for a change...