Let it Be

Summer is here!  I can always “feel“ summer when Memorial Day festivities are over, and I settle down, sleep in (until 7:30 of course), and get some things done that I have pushed aside for months.  As the final bell rang at the end of the last final exam, I shouted, “We can go!!!!!!” and raced down the hallway leading the students out of the building.  Boy, I can honestly say I have never been so ready for summer in my life, and this is the first time I have truly sang, “School’s out for SUMMER!” as the kids left the building one last time.  It was one crazy year.  I ran back to my classroom, cranked up Adele’s Pandora Station, entered my final grades, and rode home windows down singing to the top of my lungs.  However, as this summer began, there were also several things on my mind that have kept me from relaxing like I should.

I am a worrier.  Parker is not, and I am forever grateful for that.  As I went through one of my worrying phases, what if this and what if that and trying to plan and solve all the worlds problems riding down the road the other night, I asked Parker at one point, “What if this happens, what are we going to do?” Parker’s response as he stopped at the stop sign, and looked at me was simply:   “Let it be.”

I keep thinking there’s some formula that I can solve that will tell me everything, and I keep working out the problem over and over again in my mind and I just cannot seem to get the equation right. 

This summer, I am going to try and focus on three little words... “Let it be”.  I cannot control what happens in life, when it happens, or how it happens, so why worry?

I know there is a reason we didn’t go to Nepal this summer, and for many other things going on right now, so I am just going to “Let it be.” 

This quote from Oswald Chambers will forever be one of my favorites:

“To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, we do not know what a day may bring forth. This is generally said with a sigh of sadness, it should be rather an expression of breathless expectation. We are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God.”

I am embracing this uncertainty while being certain of God, and knowing that He has it all figured out, and He is going to blow our minds.  That’s the “breathless expectation” that I too often confuse with worry. 

So what’s my goal this summer?  Soak up some sun, enjoy family, and “Let it be”