Forged In The Flames

What if, we didn’t “what if” the what ifs in life? What do you think would happen? A lot of our worries and anxieties may be (or are) centered around real problems, but there is a spin off at some point…the WHAT IFS. We go through life and along the way, problems and challenges arise. Many of these are trivial and go away, but others are not so trivial and do not dissipate quickly, or ever. There are times we are dealing with life altering events, and these events vary from human to human.

For some, they are able to face the issue at hand head on, and perhaps there are no added worries or anxieties surrounding it. But I have a feeling this is not the case for most people. Most of us tend to “what if” our situations. We take the problem at hand, and think about it over and over and over again; we beat it to death. Then, we take the situation and say “what if XYZ happens because of it”? AND THEN….”what if 123 happens because XYZ happens”? See where I am going with this? We WHAT IF all of the what ifs. Its all we can think about. As we ponder this issue at hand, we find ourselves going down a rabbit hole. Sound familiar? If not, my hat is off to you. Maybe you are able to still go about your daily life and the distractions of the day are enough to snap you out of the hole. Or, maybe you find that this rabbit hole is so crippling you can’t accomplish getting out of bed.

As humans, we take our situation and we “what if” them. That is what I did before I went to the doctor to get checked for the mass I felt in my breast. “What if it was cancer? If it was cancer, what if it were stage 4?” I totally did the “What if XYZ” and then “the what if the 123”. Did it change anything? No. What did it do? Caused A LOT of worry and anxiety. Of course, my “what if” was pretty bad….but it could have been worse. I look back over the past several months and I wonder, “what if” I didn’t “what if the what ifs”? For one, we can’t change the past, we can only change the future. There are reasons God says not to worry and not to be anxious, we are to trust Him. Of course we are humans and fall short A LOT. I am a prime example of this.

In this new year, I am to NOT “what if” the “what ifs” in life. My eyes are being opened even more to how much God loves us and how when we trust in His plan, we have peace. Throughout the past couple months, when I was NOT “what iffing” and I was trusting God, I had a peace that surpassed all understanding. How can someone have peace in the midst of a crazy situation? God. Jesus. I am an imperfect person, reliant on my Savior Jesus Christ. In these moments, I need to trust Him. My home is not on this earth, it is in Heaven. This life we are given is such a small amount of time in comparison to eternity. Let us not “what if” the “what ifs” with the little time we have. Let us grow and trust God. If you don’t know Jesus, I pray that you will come to know Him. What IF you gave your life to HIM? If you do know Jesus, WHAT IF, you trusted HIM more and kept your eyes on Him and not your problem? If you desire prayer, or want to know Jesus, please send me a message (email) and I would be more than happy to pray with you!