Along for the ride

I mentioned the other day that God was doing some awesome things in my life that I wanted to share. It's taken a little while to sort through my thoughts just to be able to write them out, and I'm still not sure I understand everything. Here is what I know, though.

I know that He is teaching me to trust Him in every area: big, small, and in between.

That means that those things that I'm afraid of? I don't need to be afraid of anymore.

Those dreams that I have of accomplishing something other than cooking dinner and keeping my family's clothes clean? He can help me with that. In fact, He wants to help me with that.

It also means that that judgemental attitude that I have sometimes? He wants to help me with that, too.

I know that He is teaching me that He is more important than any "thing" I have on this earth.

My house that I love to take care of? It really means nothing in the grand scheme of things.

How much money is in our bank account the day before payday? It doesn't really matter to Him.

The fact that I love my computer and love to blog/surf/write/e-mail/Facebook/etc.? My time with Him is so much more important.

I know that who I am matters to Him, and that's all that should matter to me.

When people don't give me the attention or acknowledgement I was hoping for? God knows me and created me for His workmanship.

When people judge me and call me a hypocrite because I don't live the way they expect me to? God knows my heart.

When I feel like a nobody and that really nothing I do matters much? God says that I am more than a conqueror. He chose me before the foundation of the world and He knew me in my mother's womb.

I know that I am in transition, as a mother, a wife, and an individual.

He is opening doors for me. He is leading me in directions I wouldn't have expected Him to, and He is providing opportunities for me to step out in faith.

It's a little scary, but it's also kinda fun not really knowing where He's taking me. I know that if I planned out my life, it would be very organized and we would have a detailed map.

God doesn't need a map, though, so I guess I'm just along for the ride.

Isaiah 55:8-11 (The Message)
8-11"I don't think the way you think. The way you work isn't the way I work." God's Decree. "For as the sky soars high above earth, so the way I work surpasses the way you work, and the way I think is beyond the way you think. Just as rain and snow descend from the skies and don't go back until they've watered the earth, Doing their work of making things grow and blossom, producing seed for farmers and food for the hungry, So will the words that come out of my mouth not come back empty-handed. They'll do the work I sent them to do, they'll complete the assignment I gave them."

Originally posted November 2008 @ Mom in Transition