Trusting God wholeheartedly!

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding... Proverbs 3:5

So what keeps you and me from trusting God with all our heart? Proverbs tells us (just in case you don't already know it): we do! We all lean towards the path of "my way". We are our first "go-to" problem-solver, director and guide, aren't we? And then, when we do get around to asking God, it is only to stamp His approval on the way we've chosen to go. Sad but true.  This well-known verse is packed with great truth, so let's keep it simple for now.  You and I fail to trust God wholeheartedly whenever we forget who He truly is (the LORD of heaven and earth, the compassionate and gracious God, the One who makes the impossible possible!) and who we truly are (self-centered, disobedient fools). The moment we remember the truth about God and ourselves- the choice is easy, errr...easier, right? So begin each day with clear reminders of who God is. Read the Bible (it's all about Him!) and then tell your kids, your spouse, your friends, over and over again.  (Or else you'll forget, because that's just what self-centered, disobedient fools do.) 

Here's a fun crafty reminder to make with your family guaranteed to get their attention (teens included!) and stick around to remind you all that trusting God (the LORD of all!) is always the best way to go! It's one adapted from Family Fun magazine, Feb. 2007.  You will need two shades of colored 8-inch square colored cardstock, scissors and markers. It looks complicated but it's not!

Fold one of the squares in half, then half again, accordion-style. Cut 3 evenly-spaced cuts along the center fold, stopping at the quarter fold.

Now, cut the other color square into 1 3/4-inch strips (you just need 2 of them) and weave them through the cuts you made on the 8-inch square. Make sure strips are woven opposite ways.

Open card so it looks like a checkerboard.  Write the "God truth" -- such as "Nothing is impossible"
here. 

Then pushing the solid ends of the card together, open the center fold of the checkerboard and discover blank space to finish your "God truth" --  "in God's hands!"  Decorate as you like. Expect your child to be fascinated with how this card works!  You might find yourself trying to figure it out as well.