Chasing Pink Skies

🌿Be Still🌿 Anxiety has a way of training us. Something uncertain happens, and our minds immediately spring into action. Quick. Do something. Research it. Fix it. Prepare for every possible outcome. Carry the weight of everyone you love. Solve problems that haven’t even happened yet. For many of us, this response has been practiced for years. But God’s response is often very different. Our minds say: “Figure it out.” God says: “Trust Me.” Our minds say: “Carry everyone.” God says: “Bring them to Me.” Our minds say: “What if?” God says: “Look at what is true right now.” Perhaps that’s why being still feels so difficult. Stillness doesn’t come naturally to an anxious heart. It is learned trust. And learned trust takes practice. Every time you stop spiraling… Every time you resist rehearsing worst-case scenarios… Every time you refuse to borrow trouble from tomorrow… Every time you release a burden back into God’s hands… You are teaching your heart something new. You are building a different response. A response that says: “I don’t have to panic.” “I don’t have to solve everything.” “I don’t have to carry everyone.” “I can trust God here, too.” Not because life suddenly became certain. But because God already is. An anxious heart isn’t failing at faith. It’s simply learning, one surrender at a time, that God can be trusted with what it cannot control. And that may be one of the most courageous acts of faith there is. So many of us secretly feel like our anxiety means we’re failing God. But often we’re not failing at faith at all—we’re simply learning a new way to respond. For years, anxiety taught us: “You must carry this.” And now God is patiently teaching: “You can give it to Me.” That’s not failure. That’s growth. That’s discipleship. That’s a heart being retrained by grace. I think that’s why Exodus 14:14 is so powerful. The command to “be still” wasn’t given to people sitting safely on a beach. It was given to people standing between the Red Sea and an advancing army. Humanly speaking, panic made sense. Yet God was teaching them a lesson they would spend the rest of their lives learning: “You don’t have to save yourself. I am your Savior.” Maybe that’s the lesson many of us are still learning too. One surrendered thought. One released burden. One quiet prayer. One deep breath. One act of trust at a time. Because God never asked us to be the protector. He asked us to be His children. 💜🙏🏻 “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” — Exodus 14:14 Prayer: Father, You know how quickly my mind runs toward fear, worry, and worst-case scenarios. So often I try to carry burdens You never asked me to carry. I try to solve problems that belong in Your hands and protect people in ways only You can. Teach my heart a new response. When anxiety tells me to panic, help me pause. When fear tells me to control, help me trust. When worry tells me to carry everything, remind me to bring it all to You. Help me remember that I am Your child, not the protector of the world. You are already present in every situation that concerns me, and nothing catches You by surprise. Today I surrender my fears, my questions, my loved ones, and my future into Your hands. Retrain my heart to rest in Your faithfulness and find peace in Your presence. And when I forget, gently remind me again and again that I do not have to carry what You are already holding. Teach me to return to You more quickly, trust You more deeply, and rest in You more fully. One surrendered thought. One released burden. One quiet prayer. One act of trust at a time. In Jesus Name, Amen.

No matter how far we’ve wondered the porch light is always left on for us. God bless y’all & goodnight. 💗