Not one single hour.

So, today we were suppose to close on our new home. Due to some unforseen circumstances however, that did not happen. We were a little bit bummed but not overly disappointed. It was not anything on our half, so closing is just around the corner, just getting things straigthened out on the other end. We're still getting things in order around here as well, getting all packed up and things. As you can tell, the computer is still up and running; certainly not stowed away in a box ready to be moved. Hopefully by next week we'll be closed and moving though. :)



All this moving talk tends to get me in a frenzy at times. Though James and I are very good about budgeting our money and careful with our spending habits and lifestyle. I tend to worry. "YOU?" Some of you would ask me... haha My response to that, is yes, ABSOLUTELY. While my main goal most of the time is is not to worry at times like this, I find it to be a MAJOR struggle. We're pretty much doubling the cost in comparison of our rent and throwing in tons of new bills we've never paid before! I'm a bit nervous about it. I've gone over the numbers countless times to make sure that James and I can do it (WITH NO PROBLEMS) but even still the numbers just seem so big!!! We've prayed about it and I know God would never put us in a situation we could not handle. So my worry then becomes pointless. When I get into these frenzies as I call them, God almost always lays the same song and verse on my heart. So I thought, since in part I designed this blog to update you on my life and share my struggles, I'd also share how God helps me overcome....

This song that soothes my heart during these so called frenzies is called "Unashamed Love" I wish I could figure out how to put music onto this blog so you could click onto the link and let the words that flow over my heart and often times touch me do the same for you. Anyhow, this is most of the song... at least all that I have been singing tonight in my heart, it reads like this:

" You're calling me to lay aside the worries of my day

To quiet down my busy mind and find a hiding place
Worthy,

You are Worthy

open up my heart and let my spirit worship Yours

open up my mouth and let a song of praise come forth
Worthy, You are worthy
Of a childlike faith and of my honest praise

Of my unashamed love"

God has been calling me to lay aside my worries. To worship him certainly not just through this song that touches me in so many ways but to really lay down my own worries and remember that He is God and Worthy. Which brings me to the bible verses that I'm so constantly reminded of. It's Matthew 6:25-27, and if you're anything like me... the pages in your bible has been worn thin around this chapter from having to be constantly reminded that God WILL give you all the things you need. The verse says this:

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life" - Jesus

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this verse. I think I have written about it so much in my own journals. God does provide for us and calls us not to worry. He is worthy of our Praise. He's a worthy King and a Worthy Father. I love the part in the song about having a childlike faith. Because a child does not worry about having food or what he/she will wear. A child simply has faith that it will all be provided for him/her. Our God is worthy of that Kind of faith... and Worthy of my Trust. I don't have to worry about the "bigger" bills I have in my future. God's given James and I both a Job right now and the ability to even purchase such a beautiful home. An opportunity that many don't have at this time with the economy. He's provided so much already and still... I doubt. It's down right silly. If the time comes when times are Hard. The joy in the hardship, will be that God will still be there... providing us with exactly what we need (it may not be what we want) but what we need. I can not add not one minute to my life by worrying... and I love that Jesus specifically said that. I can be reminded of that over and over and over and OVER again.