Rollercoaster

So, my life this past month has felt like a rollercoaster ride. There's been some really high, exciting times and also some very low, sad times. I feel like every night when I go to bed, I don't know if I'll wake up in the morning feeling down or optimistic about the day. But I always have to remember that life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% of how you react to it. I don't want to be the person who mopes around when life gets me down...and so I have to make a conscious effort to change my mood completely for the better. At the same time...it's OK to have down days too....we're human.... it happens. And it makes us real. 

I was looking through my Itunes files the other day and I found some lectures from Hans Peter, who was a lecturer at my school in England last year. He was my ABSOLUTE favourite....and probably one of the few lecturers I remember very, VERY well. I realized as I looked through his messages, that I had all ten of them...and so I started from the first and listened to it in my spare time. At Capernwray, Hans Peter's messages had completely challenged and transformed my life, and so as I listened I was blown away by what God was speaking to me through them. There's one message about being thankful in every circumstance. Hans talked about thanking God ahead of time for what He is GOING to do....and in that way our trust and faith in Him are strengthened, and we begin to believe that YES He has gone before us and He knows our future and He's paving the way for us. 

In the past couple of weeks, when I'm down and worried about the future, I just commit it straight away to God and thank Him for what He's GOING to do...and that He's already gone before me.

Seriously, in ALL honesty, when I do that.....I don't have to worry anymore. Maybe.... my non- worry state will just last for a couple hours...but then I just hand it all back to him again....and again...and AGAIN! I Commit it to God...knowing that He is WAY more powerful than me, and He can control things way better than I can. It's hard...but once you get into the habit of doing it...believe me....life doesn't seem quite so scary anymore.  It's worth a shot ;) What could you lose by trying?