I’ve been learning something lately.
Actually, re-learning might be a better word.

It’s one thing to trust God with my eternal destiny.
To say, “Yes, Lord, I trust You with my soul.”
To believe in heaven, in salvation, in the promises of eternity.

It’s another thing entirely to trust Him with my everyday.

To trust Him with the things that keep me up at night.
With the situations I can’t figure out.
With the pain I don’t understand and the decisions I don’t know how to make.

To trust Him even when I can’t see how anything good could possibly come from what I’m facing.

Trust Beyond Eternity

If I really want to know God’s will—not just for my life in the big-picture sense, but for my actions, my attitude, my next step—I have to start with trust.

Real, day-by-day, detail-level trust.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge Him,
and He shall direct your paths.”
— Proverbs 3:5–6

This verse has comforted me since I was young. But lately, it’s been confronting me, too.

It reminds me that trust isn’t partial.
It’s not “some of your heart.”
It’s all.

And it asks something hard of me:
To acknowledge Him in all my ways.
Not just the tidy ones. Not just the Sunday morning ones.
But in the messy, confusing, painful, and overwhelming ones, too.

He Cares About It All

If I believe that God is truly good…
If I believe that He is involved, attentive, and loving…
Then I must also believe that He cares about the details of my life—not just my soul, but my schedule.
Not just my salvation, but my sorrow.
Not just my future, but my right now.

He doesn’t promise to do things my way.
(And honestly, I’ve come to be thankful for that.)
He promises to direct my path—to lead, to guide, to be faithful.
Even when I can’t see how.
Even when it doesn’t look the way I thought it would.

Still Learning, Still Trusting

I’m still human.
Still figuring this out.
Still discovering that God is more trustworthy than I ever imagined.

When I’m hurting, He knows.
When I’m uncertain, He’s still in charge.
When I can’t see the way forward, He’s already gone ahead of me.

No, He doesn’t always handle things the way I would.
But He sees the whole story.
He knows the weight of my heart and the work He’s doing in me through every twist and turn.

And that—honestly—is something I’m extremely grateful for. 😊