Let Go. Let God.

Have you ever questioned your purpose or why certain things happen or better yet, questions why things do not happen? It is so easy for me to plan everything out of what I am doing today, this week, month, year, and even how I want my retirement to look like. Guess what? 9.9 out of 10 times things do not go as planned! Is anyone else out there like me?

There continues to be a recurring theme in my life where things do not happen the way I feel like they should, causing me to have stress and anxiety. The feeling this gives me is a lack of control over my own life. During the moments of wanting to have control over everything in my life, it is hard for me to step back, and examine what is happening and why it is happening this way. Instead, I constantly jump to the conclusion that it’s my fault, I am worthless, I do not size up to my own standards and society’s standards….you get the idea. It is super hard for me to get out of this mindset once I am there.

Through my years of working in community and mental health, I have taught (and learned) the importance of having coping mechanisms in my back pocket to help drive myself out of the “valley” I am in. My main coping mechanism is to listen to music. Those close to me know what kind of mood I am in based on my music selection. I can range from all genres of music. The other day, I caught myself wanting to really listen to rap and hip-hop music. In today’s world, that genre has a lot of choice words and can be vulgar at times. I was allowing myself to get engrained in that genre and not realizing what it was doing to my overall mood. I thought it was helping, but in reality, it was doing the complete opposite. I switched my playlist over to Christian rap, (if you have not listened to it, I’d highly recommend it!) and Lecrae’s song “Blessings” played first. Listening to the lyrics of the song really hit me. No matter what life throws my way, when things are not going MY way, I know that I am still blessed and have so many blessings in my life, even though life is not going the way I planned it to be going. At that very moment, a quote I have quoted multiple times in my life immediately came to my mind: “Let Go. Let God.”—such a simple quote with a lot of weight to it.

Why am I telling you this? I want to share my perspective on my timing versus God’s timing, my plans versus God’s plans. It’s simple: God’s timing and plans supersede my timing and plans for my life. I have to relinquish control of my timing and plans and let God be in control by having faith and trust in Him. Once I “let go and let God” be in control of my situation, I have felt at ease and at peace with everything.

My wish to everyone out there is to have them give this a try. The Let Go. Let God. mentality has helped me immensely and I hope and pray you can experience the peace of mind it has given me, no matter what you are currently going through! It can be something minor or something major. In all scenarios, always know that God has a plan for you in this current moment! So, ask yourself today, what is something that you can let go and let God?

XOXO

Megan