Show and Tell

I am very typically one to shy away from the Christian "self-help" books. I have tried to read them, but time and time again they just seem to go off the deep end on some tangent that really has nothing to do with my life at the time I am reading them, but there is a book that I have recently picked up that has been able to keep my attention. It is called, Beautiful Things Happen When A Woman Trusts God. This book has really opened my eyes to some things. The woman who wrote the book isn't afraid to get personal, but she doesn't dwell on herself either. The other day I was reading from it and when I read the following quote I couldn't help but write it down:

From your limited human perspective, it may look as if I am mismanaging things. But
you don't know what I know, or see what I see. If I pulled back the curtain and let you
see the Heavenly realms you would understand much more. However, I have made you to
live by faith not by sight.

I really liked this a lot. Certain circumstances that have come about in my life have me wanting to know what is going to happen in my future a lot more recently. I am worried about who I am going to marry, who I am going to date first though, what to do after I graduate. These things I know are no different than the things that the average person my age deals with. It is just strange to me because of recent events I feel like some of the answers to these questions may be postponed.

It is really crazy how God works and is completely different than what we could imagine. I am really thankful that God has a plan because my plans, frankly suck. Things that God is teaching me that I want to pass on are: one just because you find someone who you think meets all your qualifications that you want in a husband, does not mean that is who God has for you; do the right thing even when it seems that people will be upset at you for it; and always have communication with the Lord. Whether you are praising him, or begging him to get you out of a desert, or you are frustrated with Him. Pour yourself out before Him. He knows everything anyways so you might as well just tell Him instead of the guilt just riding on your shoulders.

I know I got a little carried away, but that is what happens when my workload is light on Sunday afternoon...Stay tuned...