Ten Years

The "Sermonator" brought up a very interesting point in one of his lessons today. He stated that if ten years ago anyone could see their future as it is today that person would be very suprised to see the outcome. In some cases, NOTHING would have been as predicted! How true!
When I was 13 years old my plans by the time I would reach 23 were as follows -

- Join the air force.
- After leaving the air force, run for a people-elected government position or become a lawyer.

In just five years, shortly before graduating high school, oh how those plans changed! They now were -

- Attend and finish my first round of college to become a music education teacher.
- Possibly get a graduate degree at Purdue.

In 2 years, all of those had vanished with the wind. I've now become a temp worker, after trying to keep a long-term and successful career in a law firm which obviously didn't work. And in the past 5 years alone, including going back and forth from college, I've moved 13 TIMES. How in the world did this fit in with all my hopes and dreams? Well, it didn't at all!

But I've realized something very incredible. I'm in God's hands throughout all of this. All these changes could have happened as a matter of protection from who knows what. God's means are completely beyond my understanding, but that's OK! I realize that if my life had no purpose, it wouldn't be. Why would our God keep us alive, breath by breath if would all lead to a pointless existence? We all have a definite purpose but because it's future is unseen we tend to get frustrated and/or lose faith (something I've been guilty of recently).

When life seems uncertain, scary, and uncomprehensible, STOP. Take a breath. Pray and pray often. Since when has God ever worked according to our own timetable? If He did that, it would undermine His own power. Remember that we are each clay in his hands, literally formed from this very earth. That clay is constantly being formed to something workable in his plan.

We're just not there yet!