Give it ALL to Him!

Oh the joys of a stress FREE day! Coming home with tension and pain in my shoulders is so frustrating and painful! That feeling in the pit of your stomach that makes you feel like running to the nearest bathroom. You just know you are giving yourself an ulcer! It STINKS! What was the point in all that worrying and stressing? Did it accomplish anything? Did it really help get the job done? Or did it just make you dread the day and what was to come? Aren't we supposed to enjoy life and what we do? Does stressing out allow us to enjoy anything? 
God tells us to give all our worries and cares to Him because He cares for us. 1 Peter 5:7. 
This can be so hard to do sometimes. We get so caught up in what we are doing and what we need to be doing that we forget to stop...breathe...pray. Do we think God can't help us, or that he won't? 
Tonight was Meet Your Teacher Night (at my new big girl job:)). Which as a first year teacher can be stressful (same goes for teachers who have been doing it for years). You are meeting the parents who may or may not like the fact that you are new. The students are wondering, "Am I gonna like her?" You have to stand and give the parents enough info that they know what's going on. It can be intimidating! 
I am so proud that I gave it all to God today! I didn't have that overwhelming, doomed feeling. There were a couple times I started thinking, "What am I doing? What do I need to be doing? Are they gonna like me?" I just stopped and said a little prayer. 
God worked his "magic." The "I can't do this feeling" went away. Not only did God comfort me and provide me with peace, He knew I needed help from those around me. The teachers were all great and not only helped when I had questions, but they checked on me and asked how I was doing. Tonight would have gone a whole other direction without God and the amazing women He has placed in my life. 
It's not always easy to let God take over. I don't always let Him. I'm glad tonight I stopped, prayed, and gave my worries to Him. He showed me how much He does care and that I don't need to stress about the little things. Really in the grand scheme of things, Meet Your Teacher Night IS one of the little things!