Worry Warthog

Are you a worrier? As a girl, I worry about everything. Seriously everything. I know it's wrong and that it is just showing how much I don't trust God in certain areas, but sometimes I feel like I just can't help it. That isn't true. God is powerful and if I had the right focus I wouldn't worry because I'd know that He is always good in every situation.
I recently went through a really sad situation that I wished had never happened. I struggled, I cried, I poured my heart out to God. But pouring your heart out to God only works if you leave it with Him and don't take the pitcher, glass, goblet, etc. away from Him.
I have been reading the book "Redeeming Love" by Francine Rivers. It is the modern day story of Hosea and Gomer. I recommend it highly! Well in the book there is a part where two girls are struggling to trust God. The girl who had been saved for a long time took the baby Christian to her room. They knelt down beside the girls bed. But instead of praying, she pulled out a hatbox with a slit in the top. She explained that she struggled with worry and so she created a "God box." Whenever she found herself worrying about something, she would immediately go to her room and write the worry on a slip of paper in the form of a little prayer. She then dated it and slipped it into the box. After that, it was in God's hands. She no longer was allowed to worry or dwell on the problem. She explained that she kept it under her bed so that whenever she needed to get it or put it away, she was forced to be on her knees. She said she would later come back and go through to see the prayers God had answered.
That's what I've done. Last night, I was at an all time low. So when I got to that part in the book, I stopped everything went and found a little wooden box and filled with all my worries and cares. I got on my knees and put it under my bed. You know what? I came up feeling a peace and joy that I can't explain. Sure, I will still pray about those things. But there is a huge difference between praying for something and reliving your worries to God.
Sure I will still struggle, but I refuse to let it conquer me. I will show my trust in God in every area of my life. In my friendships, in God sending "Mr. Right" in His own perfect time, in going back to school and finding a ministry to get involved in, etc. etc. etc.
I hope this helps you. I encourage you make your own "God box." It really does work if you choose to let it. :)