Struggling !! Why?

        I have been struggling over the past few days over how to write about personal difficult struggles without compromising personal situations, and this morning I woke up with an amazing new insight on my life and my abilities. It was like a breath of fresh air. It is truly amazing how clearly  God will speak to you when you clear out all the other noise in your head. We completed a Life Group last night called "Redifining Me"that is meant for teen girls but I took so much from it that truly helped me in the way that I pray and the way that live my everyday life. Last night was about dreams and about  clearing out the noise in our lives and being able to hear God clearly to be able to suceed in reaching the dreams that God gives us.After I got home I couldn't stop thinking about the things that we talked about .Little did I know that God had used that time of devotion and sharing with teenage girls and ladies to help me clear out the noise so that I could hear him more clearly.
        For quiet some time now I have been struggling with something that I couldn't understand and I have never been able to completely give it to God. I would say take it Lord but I never fully meant it . I still held onto that struggle and even up until last night while at Holly's for our life group I let this struggle consume me.So that is what I wanted to talk about ,STRUGGLES . Everyone has struggles with something . Whether its their children or their weight ,their job, their spouses,etc..etc..etc..  If we are not careful we can allow our struggles to consume us with Fear , anger, depression . I have honestly gotten to the point where my struggles has caused me to be so depressed that I quit . I quit church,I quit God, I quit everything. I honestly don't know sometimes why God forgave me for using the word I quit at him, but he did and he will you to.
        This morning when I woke up I went straight to scripture. I felt so refreshed even though my struggle has beeen pulling me down and holding me back for so long I had this amzing refreshing feeling like God was saying "Its ok ,You called me your Trusting me ,Let me have it I will show you that you will be ok ". and then I found this :
"Do Not Fear for I am with you; Do not look anxiously about you,for I am your God. I will strengthen you,surely I will help you,surely I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Isaiah 41:10

Ok first of all let me just say WOW ! now let me explain something. Last night at our life group Holly talked about God showing her scripture to help her understand what he had instore for her. My first thought was this. "I have prayed and prayed and prayed about my situation but God has not showed me anything. There is NO answer for my struggle." YES I really thought that , but heres the problem with that. I never gave God the chance to show me. I had sooo much NOISE in my life because of my struggle that I couldn't hear God. So when we prayed together at the end of our session. I just weakly gave it to Him! I humbled myself and just prayed "TAKE IT GOD ,clear the noise and take it . And He did ! Heres's the thing my situation has not gone away but its not mine anymore. I don't have to Fear  or look around anxiously like I have for sooo long worried about what people think or tried to hide my situation. He took it so that I could focus my attention on His will for me . "Now to him that is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think,according to the power that works within us ." Ephesians 3:20
 I believe he has a plan for each of us but we can't hear what he is saying or leading us to do until all the Noise is gone  and we allow him to take our struggles. I want to say a special thank you to all the girls of "Redefining Me ". You ladies are truly refreshing and I can't wait to see how God works through all of you and to Holly for just being an  amazing person. God has given  her an amazing gift of encouragement that has truly inspired me almost every day for months now.I honestly don't know what God has planned for me but I will be ready when He speaks to listen and to be obedient . I pray that if your reading this that you do the same if your struggling with something that has consumed you and you feel you can't hear him . Its probably because you have too much that you are trying to handle on your own. All you have to do is hit your knees and let God have it fully . It WILL make a difference! Let GOD make a difference in YOU today.