Mind Mapping.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6

Today was hectic.

I woke up this morning with my heart in my chest, even with that extra hour of sleep I gave myself. I knew the day would be jam packed, and I also knew I had plans I had to make with little preparation and time to do so. I have always struggled with a weird heart rate, but this morning and a few previous ones have been hard to press through. Often times I'll create a mind map in my head of what my plans are for the day and how I'm supposed to carry each out to the best of my ability. Almost every single time I do this, though, I am at the utmost of stress, frantic to get everything done. I try so hard to achieve the plans I've made for myself, and when they don't happen the way I planned them, I get extremely anxious.

When reading the verse above, you can obtain the fact that God has already sorted through these little mind maps we create. We wake up and automatically think, "What are MY plans?" When doing this, we totally disregard God's work put in just for us. When we make so many future plans, they can sometimes fade out our acknowledgement of inevitability. I have experienced this first hand, so I know for a fact that I frequently feel disappointed when I rely on the plans I MADE for MYSELF, and then they don't work out. Though we can get caught up in our bubbles when we're stressed, we must notice the reality. The Lord's plan for us is perfect. It is never failing, and he's created it for each individual one of us. It is fit for our needs, our well-being, and our overall development and growth.

I struggle so much with this, personally, not realizing that although my plans haven't been carried out, his will. His plans are and always will be superior to that of my own. I will build so much up in my head, pinpointing things I want to happen, and I'll immediately be worried and jittery when they don't work out in the way I'd have liked them to. Nevertheless, the Lord watches us, and knows us better than we know ourselves. He gives us inner voices, or little pieces of him he's planted in our conscience, to give us warning signs of wrongdoings or missteps. These have helped me a lot in determining what is wrong and right, and can keep me on the path he's designed for me.

To wrap things up for the night, I'll leave you with this weekly objective: Trust in his work. Trust that his plan is greater than the fake scenarios we make up in our heads, and much greater than the plans we deem suitable for ourselves. God is carrying out each of our plans in the best possible way, even if our anxiety and doubt tell us otherwise. Thanks for reading, and I'll catch up with you guys next week!