[5] Trust in the LORD with all your heart;
do not depend on your own understanding.
[6] Seek his will in all you do,
and he will show you which path to take.
PROVERBS 3:5-6 [NLT]
Growing up as a Christian teenage girl it sometimes felt that no matter how hard I had attempted to do things that far too many times they didn’t go the way I had intended them to. Perhaps this had been due to my sensing that I had been getting pulled in too many different directions at the same time. Not having things go in the manner I had desired, whether it had been at school, in my life at home, involving the relationships I had been experiencing with friends or with boys. Back then, I should have been asking myself whether I had been relying on my own comprehension of life experiences or placing my trust in the Lord for His assistance in navigating the turmoil in my life. Upon reading the Bible, I came across the above Scripture, which advises against relying on my own account.
While this Scripture did serve as an enlightenment to my situation, as a young teenage Christian girl, I couldn’t help but ask myself, “How can I place my trust in someone I can’t see? This is perhaps why I wound up asking the Lord in the form of a brief prayer:
“Lord, please help me in placing my trust in You, for every part of my existence. I know you will provide me with a clear and straightforward path to follow.”
Have a BLESSED THURSDAY, my dear young granddaughters-in-Christ, from me and my dear OH for the past 31 years.
