I was gardening a couple of days ago, pulling the mass of weeds that had sprung up around my front planter when I unearthed a tiny little gray snake. Yes, you read that right…a snake. Anyone who knows me will attest that it should have proved to be a very dangerous situation for me. I have some REACTIONS, y’all. Like disproportionate, physical, convulsionary (<— probably not a word but you get the point) reactions when it comes to snakes.
But I live in Texas now, and I guess they are just part of living here. So, last year, being the nature-loving person that I am, I had words with God. I had come across some of these teeny tiny snakes in my yard and researched them to find out that they are bug eaters who get no bigger than earth worms. Rough Earth Snakes, they’re called. And I told God that I thought I could make peace with these rough earth snakes if he would keep the big, I’m-gonna-die-by-seeing-one-because-I’ll-trip-having-a-convulsionary-reaction kind of snakes out of my yard. We made a deal. 🙂
So…when I saw that snake, y’all I swear to you…I picked the darn thing up! I mean, I had leather rose bush trimming gloves that went up to my elbows, but I PICKED. IT. UP.
It was funny though, I was yelling at my kids to come and look and I was so proud of this moment, but I noticed that when I picked up either leg, I was shaking! I was a complete ball of nerves. I was shaking so hard I really thought my knees would buckle. In my head, I was proud and excited, but my body was trembling and fearful and wanted to run. The only way to control the shaking was to keep my feet planted on the ground.
Psalm 16:8 says, “I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.”
These are uncertain times. We can feel anxious about things that are unknown and known. I want to encourge you today to do 3 things:
1. Set your mind. Be steadfast and resolved. Make up your mind that tough stuff may be before you, but you will push through it. You will keep your mind focused on the tasks at hand and take them as they come.
2. Set your heart. Find a centered place of peace within your soul and feed that space. Be good to you. Take time to relax and refresh even though things are a bit chaotic.
3. Set your feet. Fight or flight is real. And let’s be honest, when we’re dealing with uncertainty and things we cannot see, everything within us feels like running. But when you plant your feet firmly on something solid, and stable, and unchanging, and certian, you can build your strength and determination to withstand.
God is your firm foundation and will keep your feet from shaking. Set the Lord before you and stand on what you know about Him. You may feel shakey even still, but He will make you unshakable.
P.S.👇👇😳
Jewels Chohan 