if i lost it all, would my hands stay lifted?

I've never suffered any serious tragedy, and I doubt I will ever lose everything, but since coming to college I've learned at least a little bit of loss. My discipler left and barely writes anymore, my dog died, and now I might lose my scholarship-- one of the few reasons I came here in the first place. In spite of all this though, I feel this indescribable sense of peace. One of the most important lessons I've learned this year is that nothing I have belongs to me. They tell you that all the time in church and at fellowship. But some facts you can only ascertain posteriori. My talents, my achievements, my money-- none of that is mine. Besides, none of that will last anyway. In the end, there will only be God, and that will be more than enough. And I've realized that if heaven really is such a treasure, then I shouldn't much care for what happens to the things of this world. That doesn't mean I'm just apathetic about losing a friend or that I can start slacking off in school. But it does mean I don't worry about it anymore. After all, worrying is ineffective anyway, except for maybe shortening your life... which isn't so bad in light of eternity.

If you washed away my vanity, if you took away my words. If all my world was swept away, would you be enough for me? Would my beating heart still sing?
If I lost it all, would my hands stay lifted to the God who gives and takes away? If you take it all, this life you've given, still my heart will sing to you.
If my life is not what I expected, and plans I've made have failed. When there's nothing left to steal me away, will you be enough for me? Will my broken still sing?
If I lost it all, would my hands stay lifted to the God who gives and takes away? If you take it all, this life you've given, still my heart, will sing to you.
Even if you take it all away, you never let me go. Take it all away. But I still know, that I'm yours. I'm still yours. - Kutless I'm still Yours

I know that there are people out there losing or at risk of losing so much more than I ever have, but believe me when I say that as long as you are a child of God, there is no loss worth despairing over. God is so, so good.

cast your cares on him, for he cares for you - 1 Peter 5:8