Change and Control

"You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you." ~~Brian Tracy


I am a daughter, a sister, a mother, and a wife. There comes a time when at least one of those roles gets me to wishing for control &/or change. It has been quite the growing curve for me to get to the place where I am finally able to say to myself, "I can't change him/her, I can't control him/her, now it's time to give it to God!" I think it is a human-natural instinct to think "if I just show him/her the error of their ways, they'll have to realize that I'm right and change!" or to think, "I can handle this one, I'm a big girl, I don't need your help!" How many times have I heard that one, as a mom??

But the thing is, God's not there as *just* a paramedic to revive us and carry us when we can no longer walk on our own. He's also a "primary care physician", if you will, who can help us STAY healthy if we'd just allow Him to.

I'm still human, imperfect and fallible, but it is amazing the changes that can happen when we allow God to shoulder our burdens and accept that we can not change the person or the situation that is irritating us! We may not always be able to solve the problem, but He can. Try it! You might be surprised by the way you can sleep better if you're not worrying about things you can't change and I'm sure you'll be pleased with the closer relationship you'll have with your Savior if you'll lean on Him in all things rather than just running to Him when there's trouble.