WORK DONT WORRY, WORRY DONT WORK

Alrighty, well, here goes nothing.

I’ve always had this dream. The dream of being a world class traveler, owning my own fashion business and line, having a missionary field finding the most deserted places sharing the love of the Lord, and finally, the dream of being the coolest human you’ll ever see. You know… like one of those people or families you see on Pinterest who live in Hawaii with their two little kids who are the ultimate groms with that bleach blonde hair, tan, and with their dad taking them out to surf every day. Yup. THAT is the dream (at least for me).

After ranting there for a second, I have found myself thinking about that all the time. Yes, it's okay to have dreams and aspirations that you want to fulfill one day. But, it’s one life where you’re living in the present and one living for the future. I feel like it is so easy to get tangled up in what is to come, feeling trapped in your present life and not knowing what to do next. BUT, that is where the Lord comes into play.

A couple months ago, I was in North Carolina with a few of my girlfriends. We visited a pop-up church based off of Elevation. –side note, LOVE THIS CHURCH- but this sermon was so convicting. This sir talked on worry. Worrying of your future, your present, and anything you could possibly worry about. In Matthew 6:26 it says, “Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?”

And I’m over here like, "birds? Really?" But, you wait. Pastor PREACHED. He showed it as changing your perception. So, where do you look to see birds? Up, right? Not down, not to the side, but focusing your eyes above, on God, on what he has in store, FOR YOU.

I find myself constantly spinning, focusing my eyes on distractions. But, if I start with those distractions and spin, I’m going to end with those distractions. But if I start with some Jesus, MMM, I’m gonna end with some Jesus. In the end, God is going to pick you up in His hands and give you piggy-back rides allll day if you keep your eyes up at Him.

So, here I was a couple months ago, hiking up this insane mountain and reaching the top of one of the most peaceful and beautiful sights I had seen in a while. After huffing and puffing and basically dying from going uphill for so long, I found myself looking at God’s masterpiece. Like I imagined God as Bob Ross going “mhmm, theres no mistakes in art. Were going to make a pointy mountain here and here and the end.” Hahah. Then, in a split second, I found myself starting to go, "Ok now how the heck am I going to get down, are we going to make it down before dark? My phone died, and now I can’t get a really cool picture." But, I had to stop. This is what I had just listened to that morning, and I already started worrying! Bam. I was like, "God, take it away. Let me rest in your presence."

Before I could worry about anything else, I stood there with my three other girlfriends having a worship sesh on top of the blue ridge mountains. ​“God of creation, there at the start, before the beginning of time, with no point of reference, you spoke to the dark and fleshed out the wonder of light-if the mountains bow in reverence, so will I” -Hillsong. Rest. Peace. For the first time in a while, I was looking back at what He has done for me, all that he has provided for me, and for the people He has surrounded me with.

I just felt that I just had to share this with the worriers of the world, to rest and find peace in switching your sight towards Him.

Stay rad y'all,

Cay