Plan B

       Diced, tanked, crashed, nose-dived, bombed, missing the mark

   

    All words for failure. Gosh I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve had to regroup and start over. It is nice to know that everyone at one time or another has been in this spot. But we as humans tend to think we are the only ones. We take it so hard when we fall short. We think that we will never come back from this, we doubt God, ask why we failed. But let me tell you this, we may not see the plan God has for us till it is ready to happen. We don’t need to know everything. It is our job to trust that God knows what he is doing and pick ourselves out of the mud and get back up. There is always a plan B. Heck sometimes I even have a plan B for things I know that are 100% going to happen.

   I have been to the bottom of the well and looked up at the sky wondering how I was going to climb out. I’ve screamed at God a thousand times asking why something didn’t go my way. And a thousand times I’ve heard “I have a plan for you. Trust me to lead you and know I will never give you anything you can’t face with me behind you.” One time I even yelled back “What are you? Yoda!?” It is hard to see why even the small things can’t always go to plan. That is the beauty of God. He knows when and what you need to go through to bring you closer to him.

   If God always gave us our way, we would be no better than a spoiled child demanding everything under the sun with no appreciation for what we do have. It’s like the saying goes, “When one door closes the back door to the movie theater is always open.”  No but really, things happen for a reason. Maybe we need this bad time to love the good times, to grow as a person, to become smarter and stronger. We don’t know. And because we don’t who are we to tell God what should have happened.

    Remember that old story from Sunday school where Jesus and Peter walked on water? Jesus had called Peter out of the boat in the middle of a storm to walk on water and come to him. Peter’s faith in God was weak and Peter fell into the waves. Jesus pulled him up out of the sea.

   God wanted Peter to trust him and follow. Peter did good and listened but his faith was what sunk him. Sometimes setbacks feel like sinking into that bottomless sea. But just like when Jesus pulled up Peter, he will do that with us. Our faith in God is what should drive us to get up and be better, to strive harder.

   In this economy people all over the world are struggling to put food on the table, money to bills that are due. Your thinking “How can I do this? This is just too much. I’m not that strong. I failed my family!” Have faith child. You may be so broke that you have no power, so broke you threw away your wallet so you didn’t have to see how broke you were. But know that God gave you this test to see how far you will trust him lead you. So Today if you’re reading this and things in your life have you down and you feel like you failed your family, your friends, yourself or God pray this with me:

Lord, give me STRENGTH to get through this time in my life. Give me PEACE of mind and a SOUND heart to know you hear me when I pray to you and have me close to your side always. Let my FAITH grow so I may go about my days with no worries because I am yours forever and I have nothing to fear. Give me WISDOM so I know when I don’t get my way it is not because you are punishing me, it is because you love me and have a far better plan then one I could create for myself. Thank you for all these things and for all you do for me. AMEN.

(Breanda, thank you for teaching me what to pray for growing up.)

   On the topic of praying, please keep close to your heart the families in Colorado that were affected by the shooting there. Pray for peace and healing for the community and wisdom for the cities leaders to guide the city in a hard time and the case of the man responsible for it all ahead.

   Also I would like to open up the blog to any and all prayers and concerns you have. Post a comment with the prayer and my readers as well as myself will pray alongside you. That is the great thing about God, he gave us a caring family in Him to help us through the tough times. If you would rather not post it in public, just put a little star (*) in the comment box and we will pray for you as well. God knows your heart. We don’t need to know to stand with you.

SOMEBODY TESTEFY!!!!!

XOXO

Song of the Blog: Strong Enough - Matthew West

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