... that when I make plans, God always has a knack for changing them.
That's me, below. Well, not really.
But ya know, the girl with the tea, the day planner... ??
That's me, below. Well, not really.
But ya know, the girl with the tea, the day planner... ??
The plans.
The one with everything "mapped out" in her head, lists of "to-do's," and what not.
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If there's anything I should have learned in the past couple of years, it's that God's ways for me are ALWAYS better than my own and that I simply need to "let go" of making my own plans and simply TRUST Him.
Just let go, and let God.
That's easier said that done for a person like me with a control-freak type of personality. I like to have everything just so, in order, nice and organized.
Like I mentioned recently, my personality is not one that enjoys plans going awry and off-schedule. It freaks me out and gets me flustered. And grumpy. Really grumpy.
It's gettin' real in here, sistas.
Over the weekend, while celebrating our anniversary in Scottsdale, some of our "plans" didn't necessarily work out. At about 2 PM on Sunday, I got an email from the concert venue saying that The Civil Wars had to postpone the show (one of the band members lost her voice due to a respiratory infection). We purposely directed our anniversary to Scottsdale so that we could go to this concert. I was sad, disappointed, peeved.
Something nice that the band did do was agree to do a meet & greet, even though Joy wouldn't be able to talk. So we bundled up, headed out for the show and attempted to look for a place to get coffee before the show. Of course we wanted to go to Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (we don't have one in Tucson) and we got lost for an HOUR looking for it. All 3 locations on the "Around Me" app were wrong (have I mentioned I hate that app? Like, really hate it?).
Annoyed. Heather was very annoyed. So at that point, I just told Joshua that we should scratch going to the meet & greet. And that this anniversary trip was definitely a different one. And that he was making me car sick. And that I was in a very bad mood.
And that's when he just looked at me and said, "Babe, I don't care what we're doing, as long as we're together. And we're still going to the meet & greet."
And then of course, I felt like a really bad wife and then guilty, and then blah blah blah. You know? How do they always have a knack for being so patient & kind when we're being so pathetically moody? That man.
So anyways, we ended up just going to the meet & greet without coffee and ended up having a great time. We met the nicest couple from Alabama (made me think of you, Mrs. Alana's Miscellany). And my whole mood changed :)
After the meet and greet, hubby took me to see the new Twilight movie (yes, brownie point #42847 for my husband) and on the way there, he laughed & said:
"You know, Heather, I don't think you should make plans anymore. God always has different ones for you. And I think He's still trying to teach you this."
Thank you, husband, for making me even more aware of my need for Jesus and of my need for Him to take control of my life & plans.
So there ya have it, my new personal resolution:
The day planner is going out the window (well, perhaps just figuratively) and I'm really going to try to commit to trusting in God and HIS plans for MY life. Because they really are always different, and much better, than the ones I make for myself.
The end.
(More pics of our trip coming soon!)
The one with everything "mapped out" in her head, lists of "to-do's," and what not.
[via]
If there's anything I should have learned in the past couple of years, it's that God's ways for me are ALWAYS better than my own and that I simply need to "let go" of making my own plans and simply TRUST Him.
Just let go, and let God.
That's easier said that done for a person like me with a control-freak type of personality. I like to have everything just so, in order, nice and organized.
Like I mentioned recently, my personality is not one that enjoys plans going awry and off-schedule. It freaks me out and gets me flustered. And grumpy. Really grumpy.
It's gettin' real in here, sistas.
Over the weekend, while celebrating our anniversary in Scottsdale, some of our "plans" didn't necessarily work out. At about 2 PM on Sunday, I got an email from the concert venue saying that The Civil Wars had to postpone the show (one of the band members lost her voice due to a respiratory infection). We purposely directed our anniversary to Scottsdale so that we could go to this concert. I was sad, disappointed, peeved.
Something nice that the band did do was agree to do a meet & greet, even though Joy wouldn't be able to talk. So we bundled up, headed out for the show and attempted to look for a place to get coffee before the show. Of course we wanted to go to Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (we don't have one in Tucson) and we got lost for an HOUR looking for it. All 3 locations on the "Around Me" app were wrong (have I mentioned I hate that app? Like, really hate it?).
Annoyed. Heather was very annoyed. So at that point, I just told Joshua that we should scratch going to the meet & greet. And that this anniversary trip was definitely a different one. And that he was making me car sick. And that I was in a very bad mood.
And that's when he just looked at me and said, "Babe, I don't care what we're doing, as long as we're together. And we're still going to the meet & greet."
And then of course, I felt like a really bad wife and then guilty, and then blah blah blah. You know? How do they always have a knack for being so patient & kind when we're being so pathetically moody? That man.
So anyways, we ended up just going to the meet & greet without coffee and ended up having a great time. We met the nicest couple from Alabama (made me think of you, Mrs. Alana's Miscellany). And my whole mood changed :)
After the meet and greet, hubby took me to see the new Twilight movie (yes, brownie point #42847 for my husband) and on the way there, he laughed & said:
"You know, Heather, I don't think you should make plans anymore. God always has different ones for you. And I think He's still trying to teach you this."
Thank you, husband, for making me even more aware of my need for Jesus and of my need for Him to take control of my life & plans.
So there ya have it, my new personal resolution:
The day planner is going out the window (well, perhaps just figuratively) and I'm really going to try to commit to trusting in God and HIS plans for MY life. Because they really are always different, and much better, than the ones I make for myself.
The end.
(More pics of our trip coming soon!)
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Do you have difficulty trusting in God's plan for your life?
Do you want to continue having control of it (like me, hehe)?
Or do you find it easy to trust Him and let go?
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Do you want to continue having control of it (like me, hehe)?
Or do you find it easy to trust Him and let go?
P.S. Only a few days left to enter to win a CUSTOM watercolor portrait made specifically with YOU in mind from Corina!!! Check it out here!
