Sunday, June 24, 2012

Reading Through the Archives

Jeremiah 29:11 says: "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."

Letting God take control of everything in your life can be REALLY scary, and I'm not just saying that.  I struggle with this daily, and fail most of the time.  It's extremely difficult to not have control of what's going to happen day to day, and as much as I like to think that I can control my life, I really can't in the end.  Trusting God to make everything work out has been a HUGE struggle over the last year and a half for me.  I know what I want to happen, and for some weird reason I think that I can control everything, when in reality, I can't, but GOD can.

‎"...trusting God means learning to let go of each moment so I am free to fully inhabit the next one. There is simply no call for me to try to control people or outcomes. Someone far better is already on that job." - John Ortberg

So, I guess I meant to post this right before New Years, but I'm kind of glad I didn't.  I was going through my drafts earlier, and found this post.  I think at this point in my life, I basically knew what was coming, even if everyone else didn't, but I'm stronger because of it.  Reading this has been an amazing reminder, especially with OGN coming in 2 days, but more blogs about THAT later!!

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