Plans

Do you ever have those days when you just don't know where your life is headed?

I've been having quite a few of those days recently. As I watch many of my friends land jobs, get married, and start new chapters in their lives, I can't help but feel I'm stuck in an old chapter, desperately trying to turn the page. As much as I try to squash it, that little voice in my head sometimes says, why don't I deserve those things? When is it my turn?

 I'm not a very patient person, and I'm ready to move on.

But then again, change terrifies me.

As I move towards my 25th birthday, graduation, and a job, part of me wants to dig in my heels because I can't see what is around the bend. But another part of me wants to plunge forward, emerging as a new - and hopefully wiser - person.

During these days of doubt - and sometimes sadness - I've turned to one Bible verse:

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Jeremiah 29:11

(joykruse)

I trust that God has my future in His hands, and I need to have patience in knowing that these things will come in His time, not mine.

"Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."

Jeremiah 29:12-13

I hope everyone has a beautiful Sunday!

Sunday Poem

I've been meaning to share this poem with you guys for a long time now, and I thought I would do so on this late Sunday evening.

A friend of mine from Silver Bay shared this at Vespers one night, and she passed a copy along to me.

Indwelling

If thou couldst empty all thyself of self,

Like to a shell dishabited,

Then might He find thee on the Ocean shelf,

And say, "This is not dead,"

And fill thee with Himself instead.

But thou art replete with very thou,

And Hast such shrewd activity,

That, when He comes, He says, "This is enow unto itself,

'Twere better let it be:

It is so small and full; there is no room for Me."

T.E. Browne

I think this poem is just a gentle reminder to empty ourselves of selfishness and self-centeredness and always leave room for God's will and word in our lives. I, personally, am often focused on my immediate needs and wants, and I have to slow down and focus on what God has to say!

Hope you all have a wonderful start to the week!