Trusting God

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My plans for the weekend came to a screeching halt when I got sick.

Dontcha hate getting sick?  I had so many plans.  So much to do.

I really wanted to get those chairs done, but it was not to be.

So often God changes our plans.  My sewing plans were simple and can easily be done another day.  But sometimes it’s bigger.

Like my parents, they planned other things for this time in their life besides dealing with Dad’s heart problems.  It wasn’t on the calendar, “Spend the last half of 2010 recovering from open heart surgery.”

But God says, “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed” Proverbs 16:3

Do we trust Him? Have I committed my plans to Him?  If so, then why am I upset when I don’t get my way?

It doesn’t seem like being sick is a blessing, but I don’t see the bigger picture.  He knows what I need.  Maybe Grace needed to run the house for a day.  Maybe He was keeping me from the grocery store.  Maybe if I had re-done the chairs, the piano teach that comes tomorrow would have a nervous breakdown from me changing the room so much.

I will still make my plans, but I hope I can learn to trust God to use whatever He needs to put me where I need to be.

But I still want to feel better tomorrow!

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  1. maybe you got ill, so that you could blog about it…..perhaps reading the blog can encourage someone like me who’s best laid plans for this time in my life are gone way off base. All the things I enjoy in life (including my work) was gone in a flash. I need to remember more often that God has His plans, and there is no way I will every be able to understand fully until He takes me home….Thanks for the blog, it helped <3

  2. I hope you are feeling better this morning! Thanks for sharing Proverbs 16:3 today. I think I’ll share it with my children & we’ll make it our motto for the day!

  3. Hi Lisa, Thank you for this blog!! I needed it, last week I got nothing done that I had planned and my husband will be back tomorrow to discover that I did not accomplish what I had intended to. I will trust the Lord to help me this week get somethings finished!! Please rest and I believe tomorrow you will be back to yourself again,maybe the Lord just wants you to sit with Him… I so appreciate you taking the time to blog, you have no idea how your words inspire, bless and encourage many of us!! Dru

  4. You all are such an encouragement to me! I am feeling about the same, but no worse (which I am taking as a good sign). Dru, your words, “Maybe the Lord just wants you to sit with Him” really struck me. Yes, that is what I will do today (after piano lessons). Thank you my friends, you are a blessing! Lisa~

  6. Love knowing I am not the only one who doesn’t always get it all done. Love the “sit with him” thought too! Praying you will be on the mend quickly!!!!

    Hugs,
    🙂 Heather

  9. What a wonderful way to turn a day of feeling yuck into something for others! Maybe this post was the whole reason for you feeling down? Let’s hope so, cause I want you back to your normal self in no time. I get so excited every time I see a new post, I never know how you’re going to inspire/entertain me. 🙂 I’ll miss you while I’m gone. Hope you feel better tomorrow

  11. Thank you so much for quoting Proverbs 16:3, and for your poignant question “If we are trusting in God’s plans, why do we get upset when we don’t get the things we want?” That is exactly what I needed to hear as I continue to go back before the throne of grace and whine about not getting what I want from the life that in His grace He has given me. Thank you. You have blessed me.

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