Reflect on Past, Enjoy the Present, Trust for Future...

I've realized that worrying doesn't get you anywhere. It only adds to the stress of everyday life. In my life, I have been in places where I don't feel like the Lord is speaking to me...and this, consequently, is a result of my easily distracted mind in this complex distracting world of ours. Just like a radio, I won't be able to hear the desired station if I don't tune the radio to that specific station. Just the same, if I don't hear God's voice, it is either because God is not speaking or because I haven't tuned in to Him. It is so easy to just get caught up listening to the "static" of life (those things that block out your ability to hear God's voice). For me, I seem to cry out to the Lord to give me direction, and I feel that He gives me nothing...but I have realized that it is because of my own downfall that I am not receiving His guidance. I haven't tuned into His radio station everyday. But despite all of this, I am able to look back at the ways that the Lord has led me through situations. With hindsight, I realize that the Lord has always been by my side, even when I couldn't feel Him near. This encourages me in the times when I do not hear or feel Him. He has led me this far, and I will trust Him to continue to lead me. I will not go on worrying about my future so as to neglect what God has given me in the present, but instead will look upon what He has done in the past so that I can better trust Him with my future.

Matthew 6:34  (NASB)

"So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."