Recently I took a trip to visit my sister in Vancouver. GO VISIT YOUR SISTER. I highly recommend it! However, I have to confess that days and even weeks before my departure, I had terrible anxiety about going. All kinds of terrible thoughts and scenarios played in my mind. Things like: #1. What if the plane crashes and my kids are left without a mother! #2. What if the plane crashes, my kids are left without a mother and the laundry is undone. #3. WHAT IF the plane crashes, my kids are left without a mother, the laundry is undone and the kids go to school in dirty clothes without anyone to tell them about how babies are born! Exhausting right? Well, that was my brain leading up to the trip. Yes, when we love someone SO much like we do our kids and spouses, the very thought of losing them stirs up emotions that feed our fears like no tomorrow. Who wants to live a life in fear? Well, my story does have a happy ending.
In walks a little "friend intervention."
Janie: How are you?
Me: Great! I’m going to visit my sister tomorrow
Janie: That is just precious Karen. I hope you have a really good time.
Me: Thanks. But I’m kinda nervous about going. I have this feeling something bad is going to happen to me.
Janie: It’s a real lesson in trust isn’t it?
Me: Eyelash blink
You have to LOVE your girlfriends! Those friend interventions can really bring you back to reality. Truly. When in doubt...bump into your Christian girlfriends...the ones that can remind us that when we TRUST in our creator, all fear evaporates in the blink of an eye! I am happy to say the trip was a success! I arrived home safely to two happy little girls, laundry to keep me busy, and a husband who is so thankful that he does NOT have to be the one to tell our daughters about the birds and the bees. Thank you Janie! Thank you Jesus!
Psalm 37:5
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act
