Today I had many plans for a different Friday. I was going to an event a few hours North of me, but things didn’t work together to allow it to happen. God knows my needs, my hopes, and my wants, and apparently this request was indeed not for my better good.
I trust God. Its sometimes an ongoing battle to submit to that trust, but I trust Him. Sometimes God offers me alternatives to what I have prayed about and seems to whisper “It is your choice, I will bless them all” Other times He is quiet, or specifically whispers to me about why I want something. This trip was not vital to my happiness or existence in any way, it simply would allow me to meet some people who are doing something I am striving to do, albeit in another area from my own. It seemed a logical and practical next step to attend….but all things came together and I am home…..instead.
Walking this life out with God means that even on days when my “want” button is left untouched and the goal is unmet, I trust that God has me exactly in the palm of his hand, loving me just where I am, leading me to connect to just where he wants me…..and has plans for me just where I am supposed to be.
My pride is high today, I want to take credit,blame, manipulate the circumstance, or scream…..but the God whispered truth was…..”It wasn’t your time to go there….” and as simply as that is heard, my countenance was calm again, peaceful, picking up the pieces of an differently planned day and choosing to be thankful within it!
God is so affirming to all of us that we are enough….just as we are…..without human laud, applause, or condition of successful behaviors……and that is indeed enough.
Sweetie
