God's Amazing Plan

I wrote this Saturday night.  I had not intended to share it but it seems many loved ones have needed to hear it, so here I share it:

Tonight at the Christian concert I joined some of my friends and I couldn’t help but stop and realize that the next couple of years, as much as I toy around with ideas of where I want to be, are not in my hands.  I have all of these ideas of where I may like to go next.  Yes I will be filling out the applications and preparing for the interviews, but it is God that will lead me to the right place, the right city, the right job, and the right people.  I have some comfort in knowing that.  I have been uttering the Lord’s Prayer to myself a bit differently recently. The one line that has stuck out more than any other is “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done.”  His will IS going to be done.  That is all I can pray and it will be done “on earth as it is in heaven” for that is why Christ died for us so that we may live to serve a meaningful life here on earth.  THAT is something to rejoice about every day.  THAT is enough of a gift to make anyone excited about.  THAT is Jesus’ amazing love!

Italy, 2009