let me explain.
but first,
let me give you two things.
1) a passage:
4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:4-7
2) a song:
Strong Enough - Matthew West
i know i'm not strong enough to be everything that i'm supposed to be
i give up
i'm not strong enough
hands of mercy won't you cover me
Lord right now i'm asking you to be strong enough,
strong enough
for the both of us
now, for the explaining...
i woke up this morning an hour before my first alarm goes off.
to put this in perspective,
i don't get out of bed often until 8:09 (because of snooze on my last alarm...obviously) on mondays and wednesdays.
which means my first alarm goes off at 7:15.
which means i woke up around 6:15.
.
what is the point of telling you this?
the answer is anxiety/nervousness/uneasiness/any other synonym of those words.
i don't get like this very often, but for whatever reason everything i have going on at this particular point in space and time hit me all at once this morning in my delicate sleepy state (naturally making everything worse).
the past couple of days i have had the beginning of philipians 4:6 absolutely plastered in my head.
do not be anxious about anything
do not be anxious about anything
do not be anxious about anything
good! right?
well, yes, but i didn't fully understand why that was the particular verse i kept coming back to.
until this morning.
does anybody else ever feel like God places rays of hope in your heart before you actually need to soak them up fully?
so, in my anxious state this morning,
i rolled over and pulled out my bible and read the passage i shared with you earlier.
and then i prayed.
and then the song i also shared with you earlier started playing in my head (because is there ever not a song playing in my head? the answer to that question is an absolute no), so i had to listen to it.
and i did. four times before i talked myself into getting out of bed four (haha) minutes earlier than usual.
(why is the song so amazing?
i'm glad you asked.
not only is the message quite lovely,
who doesn't want to hear an outstandingly truthful melody of
i can do all things through Christ who gives me strength and i don't have to be strong enough,
but! there is also my infamous obsession with songs who break in silence then pick back up.
irrelevant to this tangent, but other songs that exhibit this amazing characteristic include with me - sum41, savin' me - nickelback, out of me league - fitz and the tantrums, etc.)
needless to say, i am much calmer now.
all is well (in this area at least)
i will be calmer and be anxious about nothing
real quick, back to the reason behind the title.
(i feel a more directly explanation may be required.)
the song talks about giving up and letting God.
i'm going to take its advice.
i give up
i'm not strong enough
on my own.
i can do all things, through Christ who gives me strength
(fun fact: the verse this is derived from is philippians 4:13. God really inspired paul with some super useful advice for this letter in spite of what he was about to go through. haha.)
alright. tangential explanation over.
i have one more order of buisness.
my lack of blogging in months.
i apologize and have no other comments on this topic.
i hope you all have absolutely lovely days and remember
be anxious about nothing
and
give up
because He is strong enough for the both of you!
