I am not always impressed when life does not go the way I want it to? I hate detours! How about you? To be honest it's kind of scarey! Maybe you're starting a new career or business, buying a house, newly married, having health problems...you know what you are dealing with! No matter where your life heads, even if it's not where you want to go, how you live your life where you are at that moment says a lot about who you are. Do you complain and whine when things don't work out the way you planned, or do you trust God to work it out through prayer? Do you praise God and rejoice in the blessings when life is good, or do you pat yourself on the back for a job well done? We all have missed out on some great blessings by taking things into your own hands, let God do His thing! You won't be sorry!
When I found out that I was pregnant with our 4th child (and now 4 year old son) I was not a happy camper! Our 3rd daughter had just turned 1 and I was getting too old for this pregnancy thing! Do you know what my husband's response to my poor spell was? "Well, there's not a whole lot you can do about it now is there!" What?!?!?!? I wanted sympathy, not factual reality that felt like a slap in the face! Why would he think something like that would make me feel better?
Needless to say, I got over my pity party and looked forward to the possibity of having a son (I really wasn't convinced he was a boy actually). It was both exciting and scarey...we have 3 girls, what would we do with a boy? Well, Brayden arrived and was referred to as "she" and "her" for the first few days of life by his mother and we had to get used to not saying "the girls and I", but our brains learned to adjust! He was so cute with those big blue eyes and blonde hair though! Sometimes that is the only thing that has saved him from being strangled! Why do boys get into so much trouble?
Even with all the added chaos in my life, I can honestly say I'm glad God is in charge! His plans are way better than mine! Plus the biggest blessing of all of this is that he will never be a teenage girl! That is a whole different topic for another day...maybe I can find a sign that says "do not disturb between the ages of 13 and 25" for that one!
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11
I am not always impressed when life does not go the way I want it to? I hate detours! How about you? To be honest it's kind of scarey! Maybe you're starting a new career or business, buying a house, newly married, having health problems...you know what you are dealing with! No matter where your life heads, even if it's not where you want to go, how you live your life where you are at that moment says a lot about who you are. Do you complain and whine when things don't work out the way you planned, or do you trust God to work it out through prayer? Do you praise God and rejoice in the blessings when life is good, or do you pat yourself on the back for a job well done? We all have missed out on some great blessings by taking things into your own hands, let God do His thing! You won't be sorry!
