Letting Go and Trusting God

“Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.” Proverbs 16:3

Some mornings, it feels like my brain is already running a mile before my feet even touch the floor. The kids’ schedules, meals, school projects, laundry, work responsibilities, household chores, and the million little decisions I didn’t even know were waiting for me swirl in my mind like a never-ending tornado. If I’m honest, I’ve convinced myself that if I can just plan perfectly, organize perfectly, and anticipate everything that could go wrong, maybe, just maybe, my day will go smoothly.

But the truth? Life rarely goes according to plan. The kids get sick, the meetings run late, the laundry piles up faster than I can fold it, and someone inevitably spills something on the floor I just mopped. I can spend hours worrying, overthinking, and trying to control every little thing, and at the end of the day, I’m exhausted and discouraged, feeling like I’ve failed because life didn’t cooperate with my plans.

And that’s when God gently reminds me: You don’t have to carry it all. You weren’t meant to.

Proverbs 16:3 tells us to commit our work to the Lord. That means handing Him the schedule we’re trying to manage, the worry that keeps us awake at night, the guilt over things we feel we didn’t do perfectly, and even the little frustrations that pile up in our hearts. Committing doesn’t mean giving up, it means trusting that God is already at work behind the scenes, working things together in ways we can’t see.

Letting go isn’t always easy. In fact, it’s often messy. Our minds want to run the show. Our hearts want to fix every problem. But when we surrender our worries to God, we make room for His peace—something that doesn’t depend on our plans going perfectly or our family running smoothly.

I know it’s hard because I’ve been there: standing in the kitchen wondering why I walked in there in the first place, juggling emails while helping with homework, thinking I’m failing because the house isn’t perfectly clean, and worrying about whether I’m “enough” as a mom, a wife, a friend. But even in those moments, God reminds me that my worth isn’t in how well I manage everything, it’s in who I belong to.

And that’s freeing.

Today, committing our work to the Lord can be as simple as a quiet prayer in the middle of the chaos: God, I give You this day. I give you these worries. Take what I cannot handle. Show me where to trust and where to rest.

We might not see how everything falls into place immediately, but God is faithful. He cares about the small details we worry over, the big plans we try to control, and even the invisible things that weigh heavily on our hearts. When we let Him take the reins, we don’t have to carry the weight alone.

Prayer: Lord, today I hand You my worries, my plans, and my “to-do” list. I give You the chaos, the frustrations, and the mistakes I’m afraid of making. Help me to trust You more than I trust my own understanding. Teach me to rest in Your peace, to find joy in the ordinary moments, and to remember that my worth and my day aren’t defined by how perfectly I manage everything, but by who I am in You. Amen.