Motivational Inspiration/ /Cast Your Care

Yesterday was one of those days when you go into the bathroom to find a quiet place to internally scream. Please tell me I'm not the only one who does this.

Everything started out perfectly at dawn. Had all my ducks in a row and every bow was perfectly timed. Then bad news came and with it a multitude of mistakes and mishaps that made the workday seem to stretch. Never before in my days of working was there a day with so many errors in it. I felt like a palm tree in the midst of a hurricane, getting tossed and flipped by the oncoming storm. At one point the day met its climax and a sudden thought blew past my mind; I know the Master of the storm. What do I have to fear?

I know the Master of the storm.

The disciples were placed into a similar circumstance in Mark, however, their storm was literal rain and wind.

Jesus was teaching parables on a boat to the many eager listeners that filled the beach. Once he was finished, he told the disciples to cross the sea of Galilee. As they were on their way, a storm appeared and the waves crashed into the boat that Jesus was in and started to fill with water, yet Christ was fast asleep. The disciples began to worry and stress out over the chaos around them. Their faith sunk and their doubting arose. They decided to wake Jesus and ask something that I'm afraid we ask too many times:

"Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”

That question, fed by the doubt that we allow ourselves to believe in steals the one thing we neglected to appreciate before a disaster happens. Hope, even in the midst of a storm.

Our selfishness and self-pity outshine the calm spirit that God wants us to obtain.

Nevertheless, the truth still remains. Jesus Christ is the Master of the storms, both in the physical and spiritual realm.

After I was reminded that I have a personal relationship with the One who has created light and dark; the earth and heavens; the beginning and the end, I grew comforted by the Spirit inside of me. What a privilege that we have in our Lord, Jesus Christ! Yet, we choose to focus on the negatives in our lives rather than the positives. I pray that this inspires you and also, motivates you to not get caught up in the everyday frailties.

When I left the quiet closet I made for myself in the public bathroom, something comforting happened; a confirmation of security and safety washed over me. Finding Favour's song, 'Cast My Cares,' was playing and the lyrics were so perfectly adequate for that moment, all I wanted to do was praise Him.

"I will cast my cares on you
You're the anchor of my hope
The only one who's in control"

He's in control. Through sunshine and rain, He loves you and will sustain you. All you need to do is trust in Him.

♡ Anna