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It was 2012. I was growing in my faith like many Christians, slow and steady. But something happened in December of that year that led me to make a decision that caused my faith to skyrocket. It was one of THE most difficult times of my life.

\\xa0Today, I\\u2019m going to share with you the one simple change I made to strengthen my faith, and then I\\u2019m going to tear apart some common misconceptions when it comes to trusting God and what I could have done better.\\xa0

\\xa0What was going on in my life that made trusting God so challenging?

I\\u2019d been an entrepreneur most of my life. For the most part, things went well, until they didn\\u2019t.\\xa0

\\xa0Business wasn\\u2019t what it used to be. I was newly married. It was smack in the middle of a recession. My savings were drained. My income was down to 1/3 of what I used to make. My wonderful new husband was severely underemployed, and on top of that, he had an ex-wife who loved going to court for sport. The strain of step parenting, preparing my daughter for college, and having a mid-life shift in a tiny two-bedroom townhome was enough to drive anyone to find solace in a cookie jar.

\\xa0Needless to say, life was NOT what I hoped it would be at this stage of my life.

\\xa0And suddenly God tells me it\\u2019s time to move on.\\xa0

\\xa0Move on? Gladly. Whacha got for me Lord? A shiny new business opportunity? I\\u2019ll take whatever new beginnings you have for me, Lord. Move me along.

\\xa0I sensed in my spirit God telling me to move on into ministry.

\\xa0If silence had a sound, this would be deafening. I couldn\\u2019t believe what I was hearing.\\xa0

\\xa0Lord, didn\\u2019t you hear me. I\\u2019m struggling here. \\xa0

Of course He heard me, but I wasn\\u2019t hearing him. I didn\\u2019t want to believe that leaving a love of business would turn into a life in ministry.

\\xa0How did I respond?\\xa0

Truthfully, my heart was all in, but my head was hesitant. I was the breadwinner of the family and business was all I\\u2019d ever known. But now, God was not only asking me to close the business but also to go back to school, meaning I would lose income AND add expenses.

\\xa0I\\u2019m no math wiz but this wasn\\u2019t adding up.

\\xa0So I vacillated, I negotiated, and I contemplated. The more I did, the worse it got. God wasn\\u2019t looking for my understanding. He was looking for my trust.

\\xa0So what did I do?\\xa0

I panicked. The truth is, I was used to trusting in myself. I\\u2019d done it for years. But now, I had no idea what life was going to look like, I had no idea where our next mortgage payment would come from. Nothing made sense and the worst part is, I had no control over anything.

\\xa0I had a choice to make. Would I continue to rely on my own resources, or would I trust Him?\\xa0

\\xa0What I realized at that moment, is that I hadn\\u2019t trusted God as much as I thought I did (as evidenced by my panic).\\xa0

\\xa0So I made ONE change.

\\xa0I chose to hang up any preconceived notions about what God should do for me and when. And I decided that I was just going to trust Him. Day by day, moment by moment, I put my trust in Him to work it all out.

\\xa0Sounds so simple, but simple and easy aren\\u2019t the same. There are some common misconceptions about what true trust in the Lord looks like.

\\xa0Misconception #1: Faith is a feeling.\\xa0

We can all feel good when we hear an encouraging worship song or when we\\u2019re blessed in our circumstances, but if that same faith turns to fear the minute that your circumstances change, your trust wasn\\u2019t really where you thought it was.

\\xa0If you\\u2019re the type that responds by saying, \\u201cOh, it\\u2019s only natural to react th