Our steps are ordered...

Do you ever have that feeling that God has forgotten you? I'm like "hello God, have you forgotten me over here?!!" I've had that feeling too many times. But He has never forgotten me. It's just what the enemy is wanting me to think. Today I had lunch with a few women from my church and it was just what I needed. As we prayed over our meal, I prayed that God would let me hear what I needed to hear, even if it was difficult to accept, and to let my heart receive it.

I will not share the entire discussion but here are the thoughts I got from our lunch today....

Ok, so sometimes life doesn't go the way you want it to go. You try to plan your life out, take shortcuts to get here or there faster, then find out that it didn't work out so well. There are things that I want for my life and my family. I will admit something about myself, I like to control things. Some of you who are reading this may be giggling to yourself and saying "I knew that already!". But really. I want things to happen how and when I want them to happen. Most the time, right away. Are you that way? And often times I want the order of events to be in the order I want them to be in. For example, it would be like having a honeymoon before the wedding. That's not the order it needs to go in but sometimes you just want to go have some fun at a beach somewhere and just be married already. I have to remember that God knows the plans (Jeremiah 29:11). These are HIS plans. He knows the desires of our hearts also...because HE placed them there. I get angry when things don't go as I planned them. But I shouldn't because the plans for my life are not mine, they are God's. I have to stop and say "Ok, God. You have something far GREATER planned out for my life if I will just shut up, stop, and allow you to order my steps." I need to forget about all the things I want for my life and put my focus on Him and what He wants me to do and sooner or later I will take a look back and see that it had all happened...in His order and FAR BETTER than I had ever hoped or dreamed!

"The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholds him with His hand." Psalms 37:23