1 million tiny different things...

Preparing to set off for college again I sit here...frightened.

I am thinking to myself;

1)Wow, I am Senior
2)Wow, I have to take the GRE, apply for grad schools, and write my Senior Thesis report
3)Wow, life is coming up fast and I need a job this next year
4)Wow, I am Senior
5)Wow, what if I am rejected by all of the schools that I apply to?
6)Wow, what happens if I am accepted to a graduate school?
7)Wow, what I am going to do next summer?
8)Wow, I am Senior
9)Wow, I have changed a lot since my Freshman year in college but am I ready to step out into the real world?
10)Wow, my brothers are a Sophomore in college, a Senior in high school, and a Freshman in high school
11)Wow, my neck really hurts from laying in a funny position
12)Wow, I am getting old if I am getting pains in my neck
13)Wow, hope the pain in my neck does not get worse...that would be an expensive doctor/chiropractice visit
14)Wow, I am going to be 22
15)Wow, I am Senior
16)Wow, my metabolism is starting to slow down
17)Wow, I like muffins but not muffin tops...when did my butt get that big?
18)Wow, I have a lot of psychology books to take to school
19)Wow, I have a lot of stuff to do this next year
20)Wow, I am a Senior

All of this is running through my head in the span of about 60 seconds...yeah, talent!!!

The good news being everything I worry about has all passed through God's hands and he knows what is already going to happen, whether it be in the next day and a half, two weeks, or two years, He has it under control. Thank goodness! I don't have to worry about any of this anymore...because what good does it do me?

Philippians 4:4-7Philippians 4:4-7 (New King James Version)


4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!
5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Worrying is a form of sin; something I am very guilty of. I really do not want to stand in front of God on judgement day (or whenever He decides to take me) and explain to Him why I could not seem to let go...I try to pray continually (as Paul says in Acts 6:4-4; "but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word”) so that I may know my own heart and what leads me astray and so that God may take my afflications of this world and lift them off of my shoulders.

Whoever you are, and wherever you may be, I pray a blessing of peace and serenity over you as you tread and navigate life's path. I pray that you will be lead down and follow always the way that God has set out for all of us in the Bible. Gaze at Him, glance at your worldly preoccupations but continually seek His face. The way is straight and the road is narrow but the reward at the end is great! Stay a strong and fierce warrior in the faith, friend!

Love,
Hollyann