Yes, I do got this!

Have you seen this 15 second commercial?
If the video doesn't come through, here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41-TNC3W6uo

I love it. Let me tell you why.

I used to be the woman with the list. I went thru life checking off all the things that I needed to do. I was running around making sure that I did everything right, that I considered and weighed all options- essentially ensuring that my life was perfect.

Ha! What my life was- was hectic. Running from place to place. Worrying that I would miss something. Desperate to make the right choices.

I liked being the woman with the list. People could look at me and say, "Wow, look at her! She has it all together!" Little did they know that with the list comes stress and frantic-ness. Is that a word?

Little did they know (or did I know) that I didn't have it all together.

Then, I learned how to be like the husband in the commercial. I decided to take my life (the list) and hand it over to the one who was the Expert (the Ikea employee)- the one who knew everything about the list.

I handed my life over to God and said, "You got this, right?"

And God replied, "I do got this."

Ahhh, relax.

Come unto me all who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Matthew 11:17-18.

Of course I'm not saying that I can simply place my order for my life with God. I do not hand him a list of wants. I hand him my life. What he does with it is up to Him.

But, I can relax.

Because He does got this.