January 16, 2019 - This is the Plan? Revisited

We were so excited last week with the great results at the doctor! This week, I have been so tired (which is not surprising; the medicine I am taking definitely causes fatigue). One day, I can’t wait to plan the next big project; the next day, I sleep until noon and have no energy. I’m so grateful for where we are - but I’m also so impatient, wanting to make plans and look ahead but feeling frustrated at my inability to do that. 

I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels this way. For whatever reason - health, finances, relationship issues - we find ourselves in limbo; wanting to move forward but feeling stuck. 

In the middle of my frustration, I read this post from a few years ago (this picture is from 2015 as well). At the time I wrote it, I had finished chemo and eye surgery, and was thinking we were at the end of this cancer stuff. Reading this post reminded me that even though life has had its surprises the past few years/months, God isn’t surprised - and He’s got everything under control. 🙂

“...this is what my purpose is right now, to give Him glory and to point people to Him during the unexpected detour....”

This IS the Plan??

Tony and I were talking today about how it's sometimes good that we don't know what the future holds - that it would have been overwhelming if we had known ahead of time what these last six months would be like. 

As we were talking, I was thinking about what I would have been doing and working on these last few months, if all these medical things hadn't happened - if I hadn't had all this DOWN time. As I was thinking, it was as if God was saying to me, "This IS my plan. There is nothing more important for you to do than what you've been doing." 

WHAT?? Even though I've talked about how this isn't a surprise to God, and that He would be glorified through this journey, I don't know that I have ever considered that this was God's PLAN for this part of my life. But when I looked at it from that perspective - that this is what my purpose is right now, to give Him glory and to point people to Him during the unexpected detour, I felt a huge relief. He has allowed me time to get to know Him on a deeper level, and He has provided everything I have needed. 

It is all about perspective - and I will continue to CHOOSE JOY!!

“Pause a moment, Job, and listen; consider the wonderful things God does.” (Job 37:14 GNT)