Today, I Am Grateful That I Know God, and Not Just by Name!

Have you ever noticed how quickly your thinking can run ahead when you do not know what comes next?

One question leads to another.

A possibility starts feeling like a probability.

And before you know it, you are trying to work out tomorrow with information you only have today.

I know that feeling.

And last week, as I found myself navigating some uncertainty of my own, it reminded me of something for which I am deeply grateful.

Today, I’m grateful that I know God, and not just by name.

Because even when I do not know what comes next, even with my doubts, my questions and my uncertainty, I still know where to turn.

That does not mean I always get it right.

It does not mean my first thought is always the most helpful one.

And it certainly does not mean I have all the answers.

It means I have learned that I do not have to stay with the first story uncertainty tells me.

Last week, I caught myself doing exactly that.

My thinking had moved ahead of what I actually knew.

And once I recognised it, I could do something about it.

Recognise. Challenge. Choose.

Through my faith, my lived experience, and the frameworks I have developed, practised and now bring into my coaching, I have learned to recognise more quickly when my thinking needs correcting, challenge what is not serving me, and intentionally choose where my thinking goes next.

So I asked myself:

What do I actually know?

What am I assuming?

What can I choose or do today?

Those questions did not suddenly give me every answer.

But they brought me back to what was true now.

And sometimes, that is exactly what we need.

Not all the answers.

Just enough clarity for the next step.

And Then I Trusted

This is where my faith becomes very practical for me.

I can do what is mine to do and trust God with what is not.

I can pray and still think.

I can trust and still act.

I can have questions and still have peace.

Faith does not require me to know what happens next.

It reminds me that I know Who I can trust with what happens next.

And last week, that brought me peace.

Perhaps You Need This Today

Maybe there is something you are trying to work out too.

Before you mentally travel too far ahead, come back to today.

Ask yourself:

What do I know?

What am I adding to what I know?

What can I choose next?

You may discover that you have more room to move than you thought.

This is also one of the things I love about coaching.

Sometimes we do not need someone to tell us what to do.

We need the right question, the right framework and the right space to help us hear our own thinking more clearly.

And sometimes that is enough to help us move forward again.

Brain Health Insight

Our brains naturally try to anticipate what comes next.

That helps us plan, prepare and make decisions.

But when information is missing, our thinking can sometimes fill in the gaps!

Pausing to separate what you know from what you are assuming exercises cognitive flexibility and helps you make your next decision from a clearer place.

A simple practice:

Recognise. Challenge. Choose.

And for me...

Trust.

#IChoose

#IChoose to trust God with what I cannot yet see, while taking responsibility for what I can think, choose and do today.

Annabel Aaron Truth

Uncertainty may influence what I feel, but it does not have to decide what I think, choose or do next.

If You Remember One Thing…

You do not need all the answers to take your next step.

Work with what you know.

Challenge what you are assuming.

Choose what you can do.

Trust with what you cannot control.

With Gratitude,

Your Friend and Coach,

Annabel