Prayer changes things

Wow.. can i just say that the Lord is SO good. Now, I'm not just saying this because of what he's done.. but He truly is good.

 Over this last week there were a lot of different situations that were going on in my life. And I will admit, sometimes I gave over to my emotions and wasn't choosing to have joy, but none the less the Lord kept showing himself to me. But it seemed like over the last few weeks that the Lord has allowed situations to come into my life so that I would have more of an opportunity to choose to trust Him.
    Situation 1: My Honor Academy finances. Man, it seems that from day one finances for the HA have been a struggle for me. Every month I was on a fundraising trip.. but yet I was never financially dismissed. The Lord always pulled through. Though it may seem like it was always at the last minute, it wasn't last minute for Him. And here I am... 3 years later, still at the HA. I started out this week needing $650 in order to graduate. Now, I only need $100. How amazing is that? The Lord provided that.
   Situation 2: last week we found out that my grandpa had cancer in his ear canal. We weren't sure how serious it was, but any cancer isn't good. I had heard that if he had surgery he wouldn't come out without repercussions. So.. i started praying. And i got others to pray. I didn't know what the Lord would do, but I knew I had to pray. Today I got the news that the cancer isn't as bad as they thought, and that it wasn't in his ear canal. So the doctors they can do surgery and get it all out!

There's a couple other things I could list.. but that may take awhile... :)
But, this just proves that prayer changes things. My God is a mountain mover.

Trusting in the Lord

What does that look like? I mean, can anyone give a practical step by step look at what trusting the Lord looks like? Nope, at least i don't think so.

I don't think there is anything practical about trusting the Lord. Because actually trusting Him, without any limits, full on trusting Him, is something a lot of people don't do. I think a lot of people miss it.. myself included. I mean, I want to trust the Lord, but then situations come, and for some reason I think I can take care of my heart and life better then the Lord can. Which is not true in the least bit. If anyone can take care of me it is Him.

But why do we think we can do it better? I think I'm still trying to figure that out. And funny enough, the last 3 years of my life have been a continual journey of trusting the Lord. And I still try and take control of things. But if I'm going to make it, I HAVE to give it to Him. I think my biggest prayer the last few months is that the Lord would teach me how to trust Him, and little by little, I know everything will get easier. Trusting Him will be easier. Once He has the control He will take care of everything else. Life will not always be easy, but He's always there right beside me.