I've got you!

The title of this blog post came about from the all staff meeting that we had this morning. We started with reading Psalm 127:1-2 and I think we were all tired but the end of this scripture says “he granted sleep to those He loves.” For me, this scripture struck me this morning since I will be honest and say that I am tired and have been finding myself not sleeping at night. However, God doesn’t want us to be that way, He wants to fill us up and replenish us. He wants to give us rest and allow us to sleep. God doesn’t want us to be worrying about everything that we have to do or didn’t do, but He wants us to be in the here and now since we can only live in the present. “We can’t live in the past, we can’t live in the future, we can only live in the present.” And that is very true.

I found myself being a little home sick today and missing everyone back home in Indiana and all of my sorority sisters and InterVarsity (some of the most influential things during my college career) and now I find myself waking up every morning as a “missionary” with the Dallas Leadership Foundation. Now, I still have not wrapped my mind around that completely but I know God has had a plan in every step that I have made and brought me here for a reason. I also want to say that I am very blessed to be working with some amazing people who I am sure will become like family to me over the next 2 years. I went from being intimidated by the president the first time I talked to him on the phone, to being able to have a conversation with him without being intimidated. I went from not knowing anyone at the Dallas Leadership Foundation, to knowing the majority of the staff and having conversations with them as well. My placement site is already becoming like home to me but that still doesn’t take away the fact that I am 20 hours away from my biological family and home.

So, going back to the title of this blog. “I’ve got you” I can imagine that God has been saying this a lot to me lately as I have been transitioning from being in Indiana and around things that I knew to living in Texas and knowing just about nothing. I am starting to feel like I have a purpose here after being here for a month and even when I may question why I am here or if I made the right choice, I know that God’s telling me, “I’ve got you” and that He means it. He is my guide and this path is one that He knows better than I do. He has been with me from the day I was born and He will continue to guide me and have my back. He wants me to find rest physically, emotionally, and spiritually. He doesn’t want me to be worrying about the things that I can’t control and He is asking to take care of the things that may be bothering me so that I may find rest.

So, do you trust that God’s telling you today that He has you and that He wants to give you rest? What does God want to take from you so that you may find that rest in Him as well as physically?

Today I was asked to be a volunteer coordinator for an upcoming event called the Big Splash Gala and I have never done this type of stuff before. It would be easy for me to worry about all of the logistics but after today's devotion from the staff meeting, I will remind myself that God has me and He has my back. He's already worked out all of the logistics and He knows the outcome. God's got me and He has my back, what more could I ask for at this moment? Nothing, so I won't worry or stress over what I was asked to do but instead, I will rely on God and trust that He has me and He has my back!

For me, this is what God has been speaking to me today thanks to the all staff meeting and it was a reminder that I needed since I needed to be reminded to look to God and that he has my back. He knows the outcome and He has it all figured out already so I need to stop worrying (as hard as that is for me) and allow Him to do His work. Rest is important and I do believe in what this passage says! So, take rest in God and allow Him to deal with yesterday, tomorrow, and today!