Letting go and letting God

This summer has been one long lesson about letting go, and letting God. At the beginning of the last semester I knew that what I did this summer would be extremely important in determining my future. I had an idea of what I wanted to do for a career, but I had never actually done it, so I knew that I needed to get out "in the real world" to make sure that what I was studying for was actually something I enjoyed. So, I began preparing applications and multiple cover letters, and applied to over thirty different internships. Of those applications, only four were really realistic, and though they all wanted an interview with me, they all expected me to be able to fly out to either Atlanta, L.A., New York, or Chicago on a few days notice for an in-person interview. Needless to say, as a college student that was pretty much impossible.

So I began praying, and praying, and worrying about what was going to happen since the semester was quickly starting to come to a close. Finally I just gave up, I said, "All right, Lord, you take care of this, cause everything I've done on my own hasn't worked." So, on a whim I found a couple more resources and just started sending out some emails. Then I just stopped, and decided I wouldn't worry about it anymore, that if it was in God's plan, it would work out.

Almost immediately after I completely let go, and let God, I got two different promising responses. As a result, I have the internship that I am doing right now in Portland, Oregon. It's the absolute perfect position for me for the summer. The second response didn't end up being right for the summer, but it did end up working out so perfectly that I will be doing it next school year since it's in Fort Worth, near TCU.

I have continued this approach with a couple other major problems that have come up this summer, and would you imagine, the outcome was very similar. Almost every minister I know has at some point preached on this topic, yet, it was never something that I really took to heart, or put into practice. But, after this summer, I have learned that I have enough faith to just let go, and let God take over.