"Do not fret."
I am a fretter, I am a doer, a fixer. When there is a problem or a situation that needs to change, I want to DO something to fix it. I don't just sit well. I try to be still...but I want the knowing God part of that verse to come quickly. I recently was in a relationship with a wonderful man. It ended, kind of, not really at the desire of either of us. There are so many elements to a relationship. Anyway, I'm now left with a heavy heart and a time of waiting on the Lord... "It sounds so easy to talk about "resting in the Lord" and "waiting patiently for Him," until the nest is upset--until we live, as many are doing, in tumult and anguish; is it possible to rest in the Lord?.... Resting in the Lord does not depend on external circumstances at all, but on your relationship to God Himself... Fretting springs from a determination to get our own way. Our Lord never worried and He was never anxious, because he was not "out" to realize