God Has A Plan
I’m not sure of many things in this life.
I have questions that have never been answered and won’t be answered until that day that I pass through Heaven’s gate.
I do know though, with utmost certainty though, that God always has a plan.
His plan often differs from our own plans we have made up in our minds. When the world tells us we should go left, God will redirect you right if that’s the way He intends you to go.
If you are meant to jump through hoops, go through rough waters, and seasons of uncertainty take heart in knowing that God’s plan for your life has purpose and meaning.
We often can’t see the big picture when we are living moment to moment. Especially if we are going through an uphill battle of a child being sick, a diagnosis of some kind for ourselves, or mental health struggles that seem like they will never end.
The good news that always remains though is knowing that your life was written far before you made your way to this Earth.
The plan for you will always be God’s plan. Even in unseen battles. Even when the darkness seems to overtake the light. Even on days where your life feels too messy, too much, and too overwhelming-there is a reason for going through what you are living in right now.
“Give your burdens to the Lord, and He will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall” (Psalms 55:22 NLT).
Everything that has happened in this life I have lived up until this point that I have questioned or become concerned about is another chance for me to hand it over to the Lord. I don’t have all the answers but I know about the one who does.
My burdens have been big in some seasons. The season we lost our first baby. The season my oldest daughter had a multitude of medical episodes that were almost too much to carry. The season where postpartum anxiety and depression seem to overtake me. The season we lost another baby. The season my husband left for a whole year only to figure out I was pregnant ten days into it…which also happened to be the season of having a baby all by myself thanks to an illness shutting down the world. The seasons we’ve had to move because of military orders. The season postpartum preeclampsia could’ve claimed my life but God decided my life was not over yet.
Other seasons have seemed carefree and almost like God is making a way and directing it all before I even have the chance to question any of it.
And that right there is the lesson, my friends. God’s plans are far greater and far bigger than we ever will realize.
When life seems to be too much to carry for you and you feel like giving up, God says no not yet.
When a sickness overtakes a child and all the doctors give a grim prognosis, God says no not yet.
When healing is slow to happen and you think there is no hope for your future, God says no not yet and restores your whole mind, body, and spirit.
God’s plan for your life will look immensely different than your plan.
The funny thing about us humans is we force ourselves to be in control and when that happens things sometimes fall apart. When we put our trust in the source that created us though, things fall into place. One thing I’m convinced of though is that whatever happens: the good, the bad, the ugly will always happen for your overall good.
I’m still on my way of figuring it out although I don’t think I ever will have the words needed to ever fully describe God’s love and the care He has over your life and the plan He has laid out for you.
All the words of advice I have will always come down to this: if you don’t understand and the path ahead of you seems shaky and uncertain, fix your eyes upward; there you will find all the answers you will ever need.