God's Way Is Best

Having a plan in mind and thinking you know exactly how things are going to work out is a sure fire way to have everything change to something completely opposite of your thinking. I know because this happened to me within this past year.

My plan was to finish high-school, get married, start a family, and possibly be a missionary to Ireland. I was not going to go to college, and I was never going to clean for anyone other than myself. God saw that and must have laughed right out loud. I am now in college and cleaning three different people’s houses. I am not getting married anytime soon, and although I still have a desire to be a missionary I don’t know that it will be in Ireland.

Accepting these changes in my life has been very difficult. I have never been good with change, and when things got askew from the original plan, I panic. I hate that things are different. We had a perfectly good plan going, why do things have to change? I am learning that sometimes change is good. And that it is for my benefit. While I am in college, I am growing up, learning new things, and being exposed to things and situations that I didn’t have to deal with before.

I say I want to be missionary in foreign country, but if I can’t deal with people who are different than me than how am I going to reach anybody? I have come into contact with people who have similar views as myself, and others who are completely opposite. But I have learned to treat all people with the same respect and love. I can’t reach anyone if I stiff arm some and extend a hand to others. People can see right through that, and that’s not being real.

Having my plans changed wasn’t easy, and it still isn’t, but I am learning to accept this as God’s will for my life right now. My desires haven’t changed, but the route to get there has. I have learned that sometimes my plans for my life don’t match up with God’s plans for my life. But I have also learned that every time His plans are always better than mine. He knows what’s best for me, and He knows what I really need. Trusting Him to take care of me isn’t easy, but I know that in the end it will be worth it. He can meet my needs and desires in ways more wonderful than I can imagine.