Plan to be Unplanned

Anyone who knows me well will tell you that I am a MAJOR planner. Everything in my life is planned even down to the food I'll be having at my wedding. (No, there is no wedding in the works! Which makes this even worse!!) For me, planning every hour of my day gives me the security of knowing what I'll be doing and when.

As I was ranting and raving to my parents the other day about how anxious I was to figure out where I'm going to be winter semester (again, way too much planning) my attorney of a father said, "Don't plan so much that you don't leave any room for the Lord's hand." This took me by surprise. As a male, my dad is always one to try and solve my problems yet here he was saying that I needed to just trust the Lord instead of looking for all the ways I could solve my predicament.

This reminded me of one of my favorite scriptures of ALL time: Alma 37:37 -
"Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings,
and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night
lie down unto the Lord,
that he may watch over you in your sleep.."

The Lord will direct us for good if we can just trust Him and trust that He really does know best. Can you imagine a loving Heavenly Father not really caring about the big decisions that we make or the large trials that we face? Of course not!

I also can't imagine a Savior who would die for us and feel all of our pains and sufferings and not be concerned for our well being.
I am so grateful for the Savior who is constantly pleading on our behalf. He is my greatest advocate and friend.
So my invitation to you this week: pray more and worry less!
Focus on sincere prayers and remember who you're talking to. Happy last week of June, everyone!

{Hannah}