How do I balance everything (school, church, boyfriend, friends, family, etc.) and trust wholeheartedly that God will take care of it all without me stressing and freaking out about everything?
Ahhhh...excellent question. This is a hard one for probably all females (and maybe guys but I've never been one so I don't know) because it's a control issue...and we LOVE to try and control everything. We tend to think that if we can juggle everything just right, all will work out like we want it to. So I'll start by saying, it's just not possible. First - we have little to no control over other people. Most of us don't even do that great a job of controlling ourselves! And second - in my experience, things have rarely worked out like I thought they would no matter how hard I tried.
Here's what I'm starting to figure out: Real life, the kind Jesus promises, is 100% based on faith. Not just do you believe in Jesus, but do you trust Him with your whole life? Do you trust Him with everyone you care about and with all your hopes and dreams? For most of my life the honest answer was "no" and as life got harder and I lost a lot of the people who meant so much to me and things didn't work out as planned it became "HECK NO!!". But somewhere in all that disappointment and hurt I've slowly come to realize that the only way to really balance life is to love God first and most and with everything I have, and then let Him help me love others. That's the only time I don't stress and freak out about everything. Because bad things are going to happen and people will leave and I will never truly be in control, but God has promised (and He's never once gone back on a promise) that He will never leave me and He will ALWAYS be in control. It turns out He's the only one I can really trust with my heart and my life. The amazing thing is that when I do choose to trust Him, everything else falls into place...balance.
