My Way!

A couple nights ago we were getting ready to have supper and Dakota was determined that she was going to have "Ogurt" (yogurt) before supper. When I say determined, I mean DETERMINED! She tried asking every kind of way she could, but I simply told her that in a few minutes we were going to have supper and that she could have some yogurt later. I hadn't turned my back more than a few minutes and she had grabbed a yogurt out of the fridge, took the top off and ran down the hall. When I realized what she had done, I ran after her and grabbed the yogurt. What took me by surprise is that she couldn't find a spoon, so she had grabbed the medicine dispenser. (The kind you put liquid medicine in to give to a baby or small child) Dakota didn't want to ask me for a spoon because she knew she wasn't even supposed to have the yogurt in the first place. In turn, her choice of spoon was not even a spoon and was not working very well although she was trying her hardest to make it work.

Wow! How many times have I done that? God keeps telling me he has a plan and even sometimes what that plan is, but takes too long..... So what do I do? I find some way to make that plan work myself! Just like Dakota, it never works out the way I think it is. In my pride I keep trying to make it work but realize that I am not prepared or the timing was not right. I continually am learning to wait on God for his perfect timing.

Psalm 5:3

" In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait in expectation. "

God's Mysterious Ways

I was in a hurry the other day and was held up in a meeting a little longer than I wanted and felt bad about it on the way home. As I made my way home in the pouring rain I came across this accident which had happened earlier. I am sure we all have had this happen at some point in our lives when we realize, "That could have been me!"

Maybe it would have not been me. Maybe it would have happened after I passed that way, who knows? But the realization that God works in mysterious ways is one that continually keeps me trusting in Him. It also reminds me not to complain when the line at the checkout is too long or when I have to drive around forever for a parking space at the daycare. Maybe God is just allowing me a little extra time to avoid something that would have happened had I continued in my hurried pace. Think of all the people you meet in the course of the day and at the exact moment you meet them. Some people have met their one true love by running into them in an unexpected manner. What timing God has.

Isaiah 45:15

" Truly, O God of Israel, our Savior,
you work in mysterious ways."

Please Pray for My Friend

I have a wonderful friend that I have mentioned before on this blog battling breast cancer. Please say an extra prayer for her today.

III John 1:2
"Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well."