As some of you know, I finished high school, and this was my elaborate plan of action for the next part of my life... are you ready? well here it is: 6 months working at grace, stay in South Africa for the World Cup, fly to the states and start college. Boom. easy. simple. I had it worked out. Well, Obviously--- God had other plans. I'm really glad he did! If I had my way, I probably wouldn’t have grown in this way, with these people. I have loved 2010. None-the-less, it wasn’t what I planned.
As you know, I couldn’t get into Belmont for September 2010 for a bunch of reasons outside of my control. Applying the second time around was almost equally as frustrating! Spent weeks trying to fill out the correct forms and speak to the right people. I began to think this wasn’t part of God’s plan. Maybe it’s so difficult because it wasn’t meant to happen...
I learnt something. ‘Be still and know...’ yes, I know the verse continues, but those 4 wonderful words were all I needed. ‘Be still and know’. Put it in God’s hands, just live in the present- in the NOW. This is difficult to do when you have the prospect of living with your parents for the rest of your life looming in the back of your mind.
Anyway, at my wonderful home and church of Grace, a sermon was preached on Jeremiah 29 (-you know, 'for I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord...') . Duh! If we don’t listen to God the first time, he tells us over and over again. (ask Pharaoh or Moses) So, God once again told me to just rest in him and don’t worry about the future, he has plans.
The next morning, on my day off I did some thinking about this sermon, and I journaled the following : This year was NOT what I had planned. But God is good. and he’s saying that he knows the plans he has for me. He’s got it under control. I have to accept that whatever happens is part of his plans... and I do accept it. I give it over to him!
I FINALLY accepted that I was going to give it over to God, and silently agreed that I accept whatever God has for me, no matter what. I then had this sudden urge to check my Belmont online profile. Why? I have no idea! It hadn’t even been 4 weeks! why would they have accepted me already?
I checked... and BOOM- The most heavenly word I’ve seen all month- CONGRATULATIONS-
Would you say God has a sense of humour? He finally gets me to put all my trust in him, and drop my anxiety, and in the next 5 minutes I see that I’m accepted?! Yes, I’d say he does have a sense of humour.
Not only does he have a sense of humour, he also has a sense of awesomeness!
Psalms 92 :1,2&4
It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to sing praises to the Most High.
It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning,
your faithfulness in the evening,
You thrill me, Lord, with all you have done for me!
I sing for joy because of what you have done.
It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning,
your faithfulness in the evening,
You thrill me, Lord, with all you have done for me!
I sing for joy because of what you have done.
