Only Trust Him…

Only Trust Him…7-16-25

So last night I get out of my truck and there is a tarantula. Get over that, go inside, inspect well, and get ready for bed. One last check, I think. There it is. Staring at me, right where my feet would go, a scorpion. You see, I have tried to be brave all week. I don’t like creepy crawly things. I’m a tough girl, but through it all, I feared the unknown, getting stung. My mind kept telling me to trust God.

This week has been a lesson for me. To trust Him, trust His safety, trust in His wings covering me, and trust in His plan. I try to control. I try to plan. I try to do things on my own. I have long since known sometimes I need smacked upside the head, as they say, in order to understand. I know in my head to trust, but my anxiety and fears take over. God knows this about me, and He is patient with me. This week was about learning that I can’t be in control. I can’t fix everything, and I certainly cannot do it myself. I have to put everything, and I do mean every little thing even if it is creepy crawlers, in His hands.

I realized that was my lesson this morning as I was packing to come home. I loaded my suitcases singing “Only Trust Him” in my head. I understood even though it took a scorpion in my bed to help me finally see that I don’t need all the answers, and it definitely isn’t lavender scent to keep scorpions away. In case you read the same articles I did, experience now proves to me that doesn’t work.

My husband had told me before bed to “Be strong”. That reminds me of Joshua 1:9, “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” We know God is with us. We know He will protect us, but often we become discouraged and downtrodden because we don’t trust with the faith of a child. I needed to be reminded this week that I can be strong in the Lord. I can trust Him for my protection, and He is with me wherever I go.

On a side note, evidently the tarantula from last night thought it would be advantageous to take a trip to Arkansas. When I dropped my niece off and began unloading her things, I noticed something black. It had ridden behind my seat for 620 miles, 12 hours, from South Texas to Arkansas. I cannot tell you how many times she and I had put our hands in the back seat for things. I saw a flash of black out of the corner of my eye beside my leg once during the trip. I chalked it up to a shadow from the trees beside the road. My vehicle is now sitting beside the road at my house. I am awaiting my husband’s presence from the hay field. He will unload and inspect piece by piece my truck, all the items within, and those in the back under the bed cover. I will sit patiently and wait. I will trust that God will keep him safe from any other creepy crawlers that wanted to relocate from the hot Texas Sun to a different location. God is so good.