Don't Sweat The Small Things

Recently I have been having a lot of minor situations come up. I have been planning a wedding, preparing for a new life as a soon-to-be military wife, a new job, and getting adjusted to being  back at home as a college grad. With that I would say a few minor issues have come up along the way, but nothing too major to make me forget that God is in control. I think when we have a plethora of things on our plate we allow those minor issues to become a major issue because we put too much of an emphasis on the problem at hand instead of shifting that focus on the God who can alleviate us from those small issues. Often times, I find myself looking at my minor situations comical. Going through as many life altering situations I have been blessed to go through in my 22 years of living, I've learned to just not sweat the small things.

Notice how I said I have been blessed to go through those life altering situations. I used that term "blessed" because going through all of the hurt, pain, and disappointments I have experienced, I am still alive and well. I do not recall a single situation that God has NOT brought me out of. God has never failed me. His love for me never fails. It is because of God's unfailing love that I can approach every situation in my life with a victorious attitude.

Nothing is too hard for God. After all, 1 Corinthians 1:27 says that God, "uses the foolish things to confound the wise". I've come to know that even in those small things God uses those incidents to teach us valuable lessons. With that being said, I want to encourage you to breathe a little. Life is too short to allow those small situations to get the best of us and inevitably force us to miss out on being a blessing to others or receive a blessing for ourselves.