I had this thought cross my mind this past week as I had to cancel a bunch of plans to care for a sick kid.

The canceled plans and demolished routines snowballed into an impossibly messy house, missed work deadlines, and little time to myself.

The week just fell apart.

Have you ever thought this before?⁣

“This has all gone wrong.”⁣

There have been a few, much more serious times in my life when I’ve thought this, too. ⁣

But what I’ve learned is one of the most comforting, eternal truths:⁣

“All flesh is in my hands, and I will do as seemeth me good.” (Moses 6:32)⁣

God is in control. ⁣

And if God is in control, nothing is going to “go wrong” from an eternal perspective.

Now, don’t misunderstand: I’ve learned this does NOT mean that nothing will ever “go wrong” in my life. Medical diagnoses, lost jobs, broken relationships… these tragic twists still come.

But in the grand, eternal scheme of things, God isn’t letting any little decision I make, any sickness, any bump in the road throw a wrench into any of His plans. ⁣

God can do anything at any time. ⁣

So if I believe that, then how can I change my perspective right now?⁣

“If I give this all to God, nothing can go wrong.”⁣

Nothing goes wrong when I give it to God. ⁣

And it feels SO much better to think this way. ⁣

He’s got my back. ⁣

Nothing can go wrong.

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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The word “schedule” is pretty meaningless.

Infants cry when they want. Sleep when they want. Have messy blowouts when they want.

I have so little control over a lot of details in my life right now!

It’s fine.

I know it gets better in some ways.

And crazier in others.

But even when I’m super tired and a hot mess, I’ve taken comfort in what I can control.

I can choose Jesus.

“Choose you this day whom ye will serve”. (Joshua 24:15)

I can choose to still pray.

I can choose to still scroll through some scriptures as I’m falling asleep.

I can choose to react with love and all the patience I can muster.

And I can also choose to recognize that raising my little baby, responding to her constant needs, is a huge way of serving the Lord, too.

I am choosing to raise this beautiful child of God.

I’m choosing to make personal sacrifices to raise her and give her what she needs.

Basically, I’m choosing to serve God each day by embracing the chaos.

It’s what I’m giving Him right now.

“Choosing the Lord” looks different to everyone in different stages of life.

But the choice will always be there— in fact, our Savior suffered to endure that the choice would always be there.

How have you chosen Jesus today?

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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