Pray. Trust. Repeat.

What do you do when you face problems? Stress? Fear?

Normally I allow myself to be swallowed up by the "what ifs" monster. The fear of the unknown and the worst case scenario drowns me. No matter what kind of positive thinking I attempt, the what ifs dominate my thinking and immediately lead to anxiety and fear. This morning was one of those mornings, with one difference - a phrase played over and over in my head this morning: Pray. Trust. Repeat.

Prayer is a way of handing our fears, desires, & questions to God. It is our way to surrender anything that is weighing on us and accepting the help and plan that God has for us.

Trust is probably the hardest one for me because I'm not only having to pray and talk to someone that I can't see, but trusting in a plan that I don't control and allowing my life into the plan that God has for me- is hard! It's even worse for someone with the "what if" anxiety bug! But trusting is what we need to do when we pray. We trust that God hears us and that IN HIS TIMING he will show us the way.

Repeat, is just that. Continue to do steps one and two. God gave me peace when I kept hearing this phrase, these steps in my head this morning. He calmed my anxiety-ridden heart and soul and quietly whispered to me, "Pray. Trust. Repeat."