Day 1 of change of FAITH

For day 1 I was made aware of at least 4 times when I was living in fear, instead of faith.

One specific instance was when we were supposed to be leaving the house at 1230 to meet someone. It was 12 and there was no way we were all going to be ready to leave by then. I was stressing out and running around like crazy when I suddenly realized that I was letting worry control me. I reminded myself of the truth - we didn't have to meet the guy at a specific time, he was flexible and nothing was important or urgent. So, I didn't need to stress about that. Wow, that totally helped me relax.

Later in the day we were driving and we all smelled a really bad, messed-up-car smell. The first thing I thought was, "Oh, I hope that's not our car. We don't have the money to get it fixed if it is and what if it breaks down right here on the freeway? What will we do?" Etcetera. I almost immediately realized I was being too fearful about it all and reminded myself of the rational truth - if our car broke down, someone would help us get home and God would provide a way for us to drive around. That's all there is to it. Trust God to be faithful because He is.

Later in the evening, we went to eat with someone and the woman mentioned something about fear and faith. I told her what God had shown me about fear and my kids and wanting to change and she encouraged me by saying that "the Holy Spirit is faithful to show us what we need to know to help us change." Awesome : )

p.s. By the way, the car smell wasn't from ours! : )

For He has said, I will never leave you nor forsake you. Hebrews 13:5