Trusting in HIM!!!

My thoughts for this day a day after our newly elected president (I know you will get sick of me talking about that). I searched the scripture this morning and came to realize this.

Proverbs 3:5-6
5) Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

6) In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

As I said yesterday we now have a new leader for our nation. I have spent time in prayer, praying for this man. A man who will lead our country but NOT our paths.

As I thought about my own life, I thought about how I *thought* that *I* had all the answers, that I needed, to get through life on my own without help from anyone else. I wanted to be independent and self reliant ( I have always been stubborn). I kept telling myself that the only person I could really depend upon was me. I put all of my trust in myself and in my own decisions. Yes I would pray but I was not fully trusting the Lord and sometimes did not like what he was telling me. So I would brush it off and do what *I* thought was right. I had so much sorrow, guilt and pain in my life. I was always seeking ways to hide from the feelings that I had and from the bad decisions that I had made. It seemed I could never get away from those feelings no matter how hard I tried. Thankfully though I realized I could not!! I had to Fully TRUST IN THE LORD! I cant do anything without him. What kind of wife and mother could I be without Christ and his love? Without him directing me I would be a disaster, not the loving, godly, caring wife and mother I strive to be. I realized that no longer could I ignore what God was leading me and telling me to do. I had to Trust Him and know that it would work out for the good.

This verse also goes along with Proverbs.

Jeremiah 17:7-8
7)"Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is."

8)"For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit."

Oh how I want to put all my hope and trust in the Lord. I want to be a blessing to others and shine for him. I want to be that tree bearing Fruit for Him. I want to be the godly wife and mother that He wants me to be. Not relying on me, and trusting in me but in HIM!!