Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take. Proverbs 3:6
It’s so funny how, when we are going through something that is hard, we usually seem to "know" what should happen to fix the problem. So we often pray for specific things to happen because we think we know what is best. When the truth is that we really have no clue. Only God really knows what works into His bigger plan. I think sometimes He will give us exactly what we pray for just so that, when it doesn’t work out how we thought, we can come back and ask for His guidance. But more often than not - when it doesn’t work out - we just get mad and say God isn’t listening. When the truth is that we never really asked God for His will to be carried out in the first place. We need to ask for His will, even if it means that we will be uncomfortable or that our plans take a longer, harder road.
God has already seen everyday of our lives and knows what needs to happen, long before we can even think to ask Him.
So when I look back over the last five years in this ministry, and the many prayers I have said, I am actually grateful that God has not answered them all. From here I can see how His plan has been so much better than I could have ever imagined. Don’t get me wrong, there are still parts that I don’t understand or like. Women that I love and pray for that I may never see again. Some have died, others are missing and I may never know what happened to them. But I know that my God is a magnificent God and He has a bigger plan. I trust in that plan - even when tears are falling down my face and I want to scream “where are you in this mess??” I trust Him, through the pain and through the fear, even when I have to grit my teeth do it.
If nothing else, this trip has taught me that God is working everything together for the good of those who love Him. The pieces of the puzzle have started to come together for this ministry and I am so grateful to be able to see progress when it seemed like there would never be any. I am grateful to see that His plan is slowly unfolding.
Trusting in God's plan doesn't mean that it will be comfortable, easy, or pretty............
but it will be Perfect!
God has already seen everyday of our lives and knows what needs to happen, long before we can even think to ask Him.
So when I look back over the last five years in this ministry, and the many prayers I have said, I am actually grateful that God has not answered them all. From here I can see how His plan has been so much better than I could have ever imagined. Don’t get me wrong, there are still parts that I don’t understand or like. Women that I love and pray for that I may never see again. Some have died, others are missing and I may never know what happened to them. But I know that my God is a magnificent God and He has a bigger plan. I trust in that plan - even when tears are falling down my face and I want to scream “where are you in this mess??” I trust Him, through the pain and through the fear, even when I have to grit my teeth do it.
If nothing else, this trip has taught me that God is working everything together for the good of those who love Him. The pieces of the puzzle have started to come together for this ministry and I am so grateful to be able to see progress when it seemed like there would never be any. I am grateful to see that His plan is slowly unfolding.
Trusting in God's plan doesn't mean that it will be comfortable, easy, or pretty............
but it will be Perfect!
And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them. Romans 8:28