HOW DO I HANDLE IT?

As I am trying to get all of the essentials Megan (my almost 20 year old… GOOD GOLLY!!) needs for her latest trip out of the country, I think about all of the people who have asked me, “how do you let her go across the world and not go with her? Aren’t you worried about her?” My answer is usually the same every time, and that is, “I know that God goes before her and is taking much better care of her than I ever could.”

Let’s back up to when I was pregnant with her… it was 1994-1995, and Jon Benet Ramsey had just been found strangled in the basement of her house. I became obsessed with the story. I watched every bit of footage I could get my hands on. I was so worried that someone would come in and harm or take my child.

We still live in the same house we did back then and her room has 2 windows in it. I had purchased a video monitor so that I could watch and hear everything she did. She was in her crib in her room from the first day/night we got home from the hospital. I was so obsessed with the JBR case that I put furniture in front of both of her windows, don’t get me wrong, if there was a fire we could get out of the windows easily but if someone was trying to come in, it would not be easy and I would hear and possibly see them.

As time went on, I realized that the Lord was holding her in the palm of His hand because as clumsy as this child is, she could have easily been hurt bad by now.

Back to the present. Last year Megan went to France and before she left, I had a conversation with her about safety and staying with her group, etc. She told me, “Mom, if something happens to me I am ok with it.” She taught me in that moment that I have to trust in my ever faithful Father. She came home and had so many wonderful stories to tell!

This year is the same, when she leaves in a few days, I am trusting my ever faithful Father to keep her in His hand and keep His hedge of protection around her. I want her to have wonderful experiences and come home with even more stories to tell.

I will not worry but I will continue to pray for her and her whole group that is going. I pray that she makes a lot of new friends (since she knows no one that is going) and I pray that everyone she comes into contact with sees Jesus in her face, in the way she carries herself, and in her actions. I will pray for everyone that she comes into contact with from the moment we leave our house until the moment we return home with her.

Philippians 4:6-7 says:

Isn’t God good?! He wants us to turn our every worry over to Him so that He can carry that burden and take care of whatever has us worried. He wants us to trust in Him and I am by no means perfect in this but I am going to try my best to give it to Him and leave it there!!!

Thank you Father for loving me so much that You don’t want me to worry. You want me to give You my problems and allow You to take care of them. I want to do just that and give You all the glory that is due you for answering to the call. I love You, My Lord!! Amen!!

If you feel led to pray with me for Megan and the group that she will be traveling with I would greatly appreciate it!! Please let me know if you do, I love getting the feedback from you all!!❤️