Get out of the way....

Jeremiah 29:11  (NASB)

¹¹ For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.

I love this verse. It is what I repeat to myself when the world is crashing around my ears. Or when I try to take over my life from God, because I. KNOW. BETTER.

 Um, what?

 It’s more like… “Get out of My way, Julie. I know what I have planned for you, and if you would stop trying to rule your life, I would show you what it is.”

And that’s the truth. God doesn’t make things happen to us because He enjoys seeing us in pain. He lets us make choices (free will) so that we can turn to Him when we have messed things up and are at our weakest and most vulnerable. And THEN…

He blesses us.

At least, He does for me. I’m sure He does for you too.. see through your pain to find those blessings.

Most of the time I find I am too stubborn to accept that His way is better. So I repeat mistakes over and over, never learning. Someday I hope to break this cycle, if I could just realize the potential of my life while completely trusting God.

Side note****

My trust in God is not lacking, before you think along that route. I am involved in the process of breaking the chains of my past, of the things that happened in my life where trust has been a major factor.  I have to get past myself in all of that and focus on God, and then freedom comes.