Dear Happy Girl

To all those out there who feel like they need to have it all together. 

Dear Happy Girl, 

It seems like everything is different right now. At least, different than your “typical“ norm. Everything has changed in an instant for you. 

I think I speak for most of us when I say that it’s easy to get anxious about what’s next. I came across this verse today & it brought some things to mind. 

“do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7ESV

Giving us feelings wasn’t an afterthought for God. In fact, Jesus himself had them. It’s what we do with each one that’s important. When it comes down to it, we have 2 choices about how to handle them

• We can process them with those we trust, though prayer & Bible study, giving each concern to God. Thus, letting truth guide our actions. 

Or 

• We can let our feelings rule our actions.

Following Jesus doesn’t mean you and I are robots. We have to consciously make the choice to either let truth or fear guide our steps. 

So, Happy Girl, you don’t have to have it all together. You can be sad that those plans were cancelled. 

You can be sad you can’t see your church family. 

You can be sad celebrating you looks a little different than you originally planned this year. 

Happy Girl. It will get better.