I'm confessing a huge fault of mine...I worry...A LOT!  Those people close to me already know this about me.  When I was preparing for marriage, when most young women are so excited and it is the most thrilling time of their life, I made myself sick worrying!  I worried about the type of wife I would be, I worried about the type of husband my hubby would be, I worried about parenting.  I remember, before our wedding, my husband and I sitting down with my parents to come up with a budget that we could implement after our wedding.  This was supposed to be a planning tool, something to help and encourage us.  Before we were done, I was in tears....why?????   All I could think of were the things that may happen that we didn't include in the budget!  I remember sobbing, asking my Mom and Dad what we would do if we got sick...I had a grocery budget,  but this didn't include medicine.  (They lovingly laughed at this, by the way)  This worry was sparked by my looking over and seeing a medicine cabinet sitting there that we would soon be moving into our new home and I began thinking (as I was supposed to be focusing on this budget) "It's very pretty, but what will I put in it?"  Thankfully, I have matured some since then.  Thankfully, the Lord has worked in my life and I lean on Him and trust in Him so much more now!  Early in my Christian walk I committed to memory Phil. 4:8,  Matt. 6:34, amongst other verses to help train my mind to focus on Christ, not myself or my own weaknesses and failures.  This morning before my children were up, I was doing some work in the kitchen and I was listening to a CD in the kitchen.  I've heard this CD over and over, but this morning a certain song caught  my attention.  At first, it reminded me of a couple of Godly men in our church who the Lord has called Home to be with Him, so it brought tears to my eyes.  Then as I listened to it again, I started thinking of how the Lord has changed my life.  He took ahold of my heart and has been loving me, changing me ever since.  Praise the Lord!  I still DO worry (not so much about filling the medicine cabinet anymore), but as long as I give those worries to the Lord; He exchanges them for Peace (Phil. 4:6,7)!! There will be a time when our worries are NO more, and all we will know is the Lord and HIS glory!!!  Here are the words to the song I was listening to this morning,

"THEN AND THERE" by Lauren Tally....................Every road I walked had led to nowhere/ Everything I tried had turned out wrong/ It seemed I lost my reason to get up every morning/ For I had lost all hope and lost my song/ Circumstances said I wouldn't make it/ But that was all before I met the Man/ Who put His arms around me/ I heard Him say forgiven/ And I knew I'd never be the same again .......Chorus: Then and there/  Settled and done/  Then and there/   Victory won/   No more walking on my own/  No more facing life alone/  No  more struggling with guilt and despair/  A new life began/ Then and there......And now my heart is getting restless/  Longing for the day He'll come/  When we've fought the final fight/  And our faith has been made sight/  And we stand before the throne/  And hear Him say well done.....Chorus:  Then and there/  Settled and done/  Then and there/  Victory won/  No more pain no more fear/  No more death No more tears/  No more walking through the night/  For the Lamb will be the light/  No more sin, no more burdens to bear/  New life begings then and there.

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