Welcome to the Best Day of Your Life

I won't lie.  I can get down with Pinterest.  I ran across this little..."quote" the other day and it got me thinking.  I am 100% positive that I do not wake up with this attitude on a daily basis...in fact I would say I rarely do.  Little to no pondering about this quote brought me to that conclusion.  I came to the realization that most of my days are spent in anticipation for a day that I am really looking forward to, one of the best days of my life, or something that meets my standard idea of a really awesome time.  This whole concept made me a little sad, so I started sifting through the thoughts that were on my mind that very second.

Beware:  What I am about to tell you is going to blow your mind.  Regardless of what my blog may illustrate, I am a stressed out and incredibly anxious human being.  I encourage simplification and the need to slow down and not worry about the small things, but these things are so hard for me to do, and I will assume you can probably relate.  We're human.  Right now I have a knot in my stomach the size of the universe (maybe not that big) because I have a bioenergetics exam on Tuesday, I am leading journal club in my research class next Monday, and I am speaking at a youth group on the 16th...like.  Oh my gosh.  I'm freaking out.  I'm seriously freaking out.

This morning this wave of panic hit me abruptly at church.  It was during worship and I started thinking about my massive list of things that I have to do.  We all have massive lists.  There is just not enough time in the day.  False.  There is the perfect amount of time in a day.  So we're worshiping and I'm freaking out and an image like this was on the background of the song lyrics:

   
I started thinking about how nice it must be to be this man.  He's on top of a mountain with no distractions in the midst of a beautiful sunset, or sunrise, in the presence of the Holy Spirit.  Based on this image, I would say this guy doesn't have a care in the world.  This soothed me.  I instantly felt relaxed.  I was able to enjoy that moment and not worry about my laundry list.

1 Peter 5:7 says, "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."

Yes, yes I will gladly do that.  I am overwhelmed and I don't know about you, but I think anxiety sucks.  I'm so thankful that I stopped that anxious feeling in my stomach this morning before it turned into a consuming, fiery inferno.  When I let my stress and my fears take control I turn into an absolute train wreck.

Yes, I have a lot to do between now and Fall Break (Yay!  Fishersville, here I come!!)
Yes, it will be a lot of work, but there is no doubt that it will all get done.
No, I do not have to feel that heavy lump of stress in my stomach all week, or experience the headaches that come with it.

This week is going to be awesome.  I'm going to do fine on my bioenergetics exam.  App has a football game on Saturday, and it's fall in Boone.  If you don't know what that looks like or why it's awesome, come check it out.  I am so thankful the consuming nature of my stress was revealed to me this morning.

Cast all your anxiety on him.

Welcome to the best day of your life, people.