Chris' prayer: Big Daddy Weave's "Give Up, Let Go"

A couple weeks ago, the air conditioning in my car started going in and out. When this happened, the car would start to overheat. It would be okay for awhile, and then it would start to do it again. For whatever reason, having car issues at that time was totally freaking me out. I just knew that it would be a $1500 repair, if not more, and then, at that point, it would probably be better to just get a new car, but then how could I possibly afford that?

I laid across two chairs, in the fetal position, with my head on my girlfriend's lap, just completely and utterly consumed with the fear of my car dying. Intellectually, I knew that, in the worst case scenario, I would have to buy a car just to get me by, something I didn't really love, but would be "good enough." That was the worst case scenario, something I knew I could survive, but emotionally, it was overwhelming.

It turned out that the part of the A/C that was going bad was just a $15 part, and that my car cost less than $100 to fix, total. All that freaking out for absolutely nothing. I told my small group later on that the next step for me in my faith was to give up control and concern over my car. I know it seems fairly straightforward, but for me it is a huge struggle. And it's easy to not worry about now, when my car is working, and hopefully I won't be tested again for awhile, but I know what the test is: I need to give up, let go.


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