Early Morning Ponderings
Another new week is here with it's own struggles and blessings. My desire is to keep moving forward and trusting the Lord to give me what I need for that day. My tendency, as I'm sure many struggle with, is to get anxious about the future or what's coming next. Worry is like a spinning wheel, stuck in the mud. It keeps me from going anywhere but spits up a bunch of mud and dirt, and makes the rut of anxiety go even deeper. I was having my quiet time this morning and opened my bible to the passage in Mark 11:22-24. Jesus replied to them, 'Have faith in God. I assure you: If anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore, I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for—believe that you have received them, and you will have them. We all have different mountains in front of us that feel daunting and it seems like they will never crumble. My