Letting go of Worry
I'm not going to lie--the last two weeks have been pretty stressful between a doctor's visit for some health problems (I'm doing better now after a round of antibiotics) and car problems. But something that was also encouraging through this was that I was given the opportunity to take a step back from these problems and stop worrying about everything. They're just so pretty! And smell wonderful :) It was also a little ironic that we had just been discussing the trials that we encounter as Christians, the ups and downs that we go through, in bible study, and then this all happened. While I would rather focus on God's love and grace the stress of the past week brought to mind James 1:2-4: 2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. Sometimes I forget that ...