Hey - turns out that this blog won't write itself. Whodathought? I've been recovering from surgery, which has turned into a bit more than I signed up for. My most humble apologies.
It appears today that spring may be right around the corner. There are still snow patches here and there that were once huge piles; and large areas of brown that will once again be beautifully green grass. But between now and then, apparently (according to weather.com), we must endure many, many days of rain.
Isn't that how it always seems to be? We are running from one situation while longing for another, but don't want to endure the path from A to Z. We either don't want to do the work, or have patience for someone else to do the work; we want everything NOW. Yesterday. Hurry up. And we want it our way.
Nope, my surgical recovery experience has not been as I had planned. Really? As I had planned? Are you laughing at that right now? You know you do it, too. We "plan" all kinds of things that were never in our power in the first place; and when they don't go like we want them too, it is upsetting.
"I know the plans I have for you." Sound familiar? God knows. He knows what he has in store for us, and it may just not match what we have in store for ourselves. Sick parents. Less-than-perfect children. Job loss. Unethical bosses and co-workers. Dogs who poop inside. Car accidents. Unfathomable loss. Hope. Grace. Mercy. Unconditional love. Forgiveness for all we do. Over and over and over. The good, the bad, the really crappy.
God's got our backs. Every day. When our plans fall through, when our loved ones let us down, when our lives take turns we weren't expecting or when they seem to stay the same no matter what - we can rest assured that God's hand is in it somewhere, somehow.
Now if He could just float us some instructions once in awhile, that would be just fabulous!
photo by Lotus Head
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