Trusting God

Last week I had an appendectomy, a surgery where they take out your appendix because it gets inflamed an causes a lot of pain, and for some reason, you just don't need it(: because of the surgery I missed three days of school, which included missing two tests intel different subjects, and a whole lot of work. I went to school on a Friday and completed a lot of my work but the tests I still had to plan to finish after school. My teachers weren't worried about it, and I didn't worry over the weekend, however on Monday I went home sick, feeling nasueus and hot! Last night I had a stomach ache and pleaded to my mom that I just keep missing school and that I'll never finish anything! I was getting really frustrated and what my mom said next really made me think. She told me that my health was more important than my school work, and that we are wry similar because when she was little she would get sick, with the same hot cold, nasueus, stomach aches, when she got nervous or stressed!" I got upset bc I didn't think I was stressed or nervous to go to school! I thought I was okay and was just a little worried about it, nothing enough to make me nervous! What had frustrated me was that I felt like I had no control over my body, that I was constantly getting sick and didnt know why! And I realized that this is true, I don't have control over my body, GOD DOES! And I was letting stuff that really didnt matter, get to me and cause me to get overly nervous! GOD is in control and makes everything happen for a reason! Bc of my appendix I missed a really big party my family was throwing and (currently I am having some big family problems) and b my mom and I weren't at the party, the truth came out about how member of my family behave. That would not have happened if my mom an I were there. I also realized that my spiritual life was lacking on my part as a result of me putting too much before God. Because I was unable to play soccer I started to think about my plans for the winter season, and I made some decisions on behalf of my faith and my family.There is a reason for everything and I just have to learn to trust that God will make everything okay! Trust is hard with humans, who we can see and physically hear, and it is deffinilty hard to trust something you cannot see, but we are all tested at some point and this was my point in my spiritual journey. God bless you (:
Meredith(: