Deuteronomy 31:6 & 8
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."
The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."

There are all kinds of situations in life that can make you feel insecure, afraid, discouraged or even terrified. I don't like not being in control of things in my life and even worse I tend to worry about things too much when I should just trust God. Worry is a lack of trust. Maybe it's not quite as simple as that, maybe it is, but worrying robs you of enjoying the present and I even think that worrying about something can sometimes cause things to happen that probably wouldn't have happened if there was less worrying going on. It's not always easy to quit worrying either, trust is something that you constantly have to do. God has it all in hand, but if we insist on thinking about it, worrying about it and we don't leave it in His all sufficient hands then there's not much that He can do to give us His peace.

The thing is, God will never leave us or give up on us. He goes with us into every situation, in fact He goes before us! I don't always feel very strong and courageous but that's what God is calling us to be. In Joel 3:10 there's a verse that says 'Let the weakling say, "I am strong'. We can pray for God's strength, we can pray for His peace or pretty much anything, but we have to then have faith to believe God has supplied our need, that He's in control, and we have to trust Him. We have to almost put on God's strength. The verse says be strong. Maybe that's something we have to do once we realise that God is with us and that He is more than strong enough in every situation.

Well, I'm still working on perfecting all that ;) How about you?

Anyway, last night I went to a Victorian period fancy dress murder mystery/meal 21st birthday party dressed as a vampire...