Embrace the Within no. 9

“It may not be your fault but it is still your problem.” Embrace the Within.

The Lord does work in mysterious ways. You never quite know what to expect out of life despite having so many plans, ideas, and goals. I always seem to have a plan for my benefit BUT God has a plan that works out for everyone’s benefit. And I know that sometimes that plan that God has does not seem to be for our benefit or anyone else’s benefit. I know that I have trouble seeing the plan and how God’s plan is better than my plan. And then I sit back and think about the audacity of that thought. The audacity to question God and the plan.

I know what it’s like when I, with all my limitations and weakness, put together a plan that is questioned by other humans and then sit back and consider how imperfect my plan has to be compared to the time and detail put into any plan God has conceived and implemented. And that does give me pause to consider the audacity to think I could do anything better. You need look no further than my past track record to easily prove that I cannot do any better. I can do alright. I can get by. My plans are passable. BUT there is not, by any means of imagination, a chance I can do better for my life or the life of others than God’s plan. And I think that is a huge stumbling block for folks because we are so into our plans. Or maybe I am just into my plans. Maybe folks don’t have plans. Sometimes I question that as well BUT I am sure they have dreams and hopes and wishes.

Anyways, looking back over the time from March 2020 when the agents of state shut everything down and I started a new plan, I am totally in awe at where I am today. And I am nowhere without God’s plan for my life that I did not see back then. Then I was upset at a wrasslin show being canceled and scared that food was going to be a problem. And now, I have a garden and livestock and a firm grasp on my life. I mean I even grew tomatoes this year and that, in itself, always feels like something miraculous.

I have come a long way from those fourteen days ago in 2020 where I had no God on my radar and no plan for tomorrow. I grew up a lot more in these past three years than in all the four and a half decades prior. And that in itself is quite the mystery. Going forward, I look forward and eagerly await the new changes and challenges and destinations of this journey that I could have never planned or foreseen because the Lord works in mysterious ways.

Peace to your home. Bless your being. The reign of God is now. Have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.

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