...Again...?

I wrote a couple posts ago about the fact that I will be moving to a new apartment.  Something that I have re-learned since then is that I have moving anxiety.  I look at my house and all of the work that I have to do, and I freak out.  Many of my college friends can attest to that.  I seem to remember one year after completing the semester (all finals done!), I laid down underneath my bed (which was set up quite high) and kept myself there until my room packed itself up.  Ok, so that didn't happen, but it's what I had wanted to happen.  My friends had to convince me that packing up my room is a good thing, not a bad thing.  It will allow me to go to new places and to come back next year in an even better dorm.  Sometimes it's hard for me to move.  Not because I cannot accept the change: I am so excited to be living in Taipa.  But I think that the anxiety comes from having to pack everything up and unpack it again.  I like the stability of knowing that I will stay in a house for a while.  While I embrace change, part of me still does hold on to what's normal, because I know it's fine now.  My new apartment will probably have less cockroaches, and will be a little nicer for hosting people than the one that I have now.  But the anxiety lingers.  

I was thinking about this as I was walking to work from my lunch break.  Is it wrong for me to be so worked up about the change?  Probably.  I am focused too much on the worldly possessions.  I am focused on keeping my house.  On having all of the same things as I did before.  On having the convenience of what I know and convenience of location.  I am letting go as easily as I should.

I shouldn't have this anxiety.  My favorite Bible verse tells me so: "Cast all your cares on Him, for He cares for you" 1 Peter 5:7.  Not only that, but God says "I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, 'Fear not, I am the one who helps you.'" Isaiah 41:12

It's easier said than done to cast your cares on the Lord.  But it's something that all Christians should strive to do.  It's something that we struggle with, but if we let go, God promises to take care of us.  That takes a lot of trust for us to do, but I urge you to join me in casting our cares (whether it be moving anxiety or anything else!) on God, because HE cares for us!