"Stop worrying about what tomorrow holds"

There are two different types of worry. Worry that leads you towards action and resolving that worry and toxic worry that can paralyze you. Too much worry can hinder you from doing things well also. A few weeks ago I decided to write down everything that has been worrying me. I was seeing that I was avoiding God and working through some things. When that happens I get stressed and worn down so I took some time alone on one of our days off in FL and started to try and work through some of the things God was putting on my heart.
So I wrote down everything I was stressed or worried about. I started out with some obvious things (finding a job and paying off loans) but the more time I took I realized I was worried about a lot more. After writing them all down I sat and looked through everything I had written down and prayed through each one. I had no idea how to start getting over those worries so I just prayed that God would show me.
Looking back on my life I can see that God answers things in ways that I never thought. At our host home the other night we were asked, by their small group bible study, how we knew we wanted to do something like Axis. I was reminded of a few times I prayed to God to make me vulnerable, while at FLI, and then senior year in college I prayed for Him to break me. He did both. I learned through friendship and heartbreak how to be vulnerable and not close my heart to the people around me. During senior year I was broken to the core as He built me back up again. In the same way I prayed these worries to Him. It didn't take much time for God to start eliminating them...one by one. In the most random of situations He was showing me, "You don't need to worry about this. I've got it."
It is amazing how He can show Himself in the strangest of times by the most random people. But it is just a reminder of how He is always there with us no matter our situations or how stressed or worried we seem to be.
I guess that is my rant for now. Speaking at a high school tomorrow and friday then a local church on Sunday for our second family presentation. A busy few days but excited to be with students again!! But until later I am about to watch Harry Potter with my host family. :)