“What if”…

Sometimes I let this question get the best of me.  “What if”….

my kids get sick & need medical attention?

the river floods our house?

our support level drops below what we need to live?

I can’t fit back into my clothes after home assignment? (This could be a real problem…I am SO TOTALLY EXCITED about the foods I have been missing!  Which means I might am going to get fatter.)

I/we don’t fit in with our friends in the States anymore?

we don’t have enough staff for PQQ next year?

my kids don’t like being MKs (missionary kids)?

my MKs are weird?

I don’t get to eat twizzlers for 4 YEARS? (No twizzlers here.)

my kids are not ‘with it’ on using technology (tablets, smartphones, laptops, etc.)? (Ummm, this is true.)

I’m not ‘with it’ on using technology either? (Stink, this is true too!)

we seriously STINK when we get back? (Everything has a musty/moldy smell here.)

a cockroach hides/dies in our luggage? (I would be SO EMBARASSED!)

Okay, you get the idea.  There are just so many ‘what ifs’.  I really could go on.  And in life, we often have plans laid out for some of the ‘what ifs’…wills, insurance, etc.  But the truth is, we can only do so much.  Then we just have to TRUST the Lord to guide us & be with us if whenthe ‘what ifs’ come our way.  He doesn’t say things will be easy, but He does say that He will be with us!

Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”