I woke up this morning, this is my last week in Chicago, 5 more days of city life as I know it! I was reflecting upon my life and the new life I am about to begin. Which made me take a look into my past. Its so amazing how God plans are so intricate and full of purpose. He knows everything about us, where we will go and what we will do (Psalms 139 (the passage is at the bottom)). I am so excited to see how my book turns out.
I have such an adventure coming up in my life. I was thinking about how easy this move/transition in Florida is turning out which totally solidifies that THIS IS A GOD THING! Everything was set in place I just needed to walk into it. (Rev 3:7-8 ...When he opens a door, no one can close it. And when he closes it, no one can open it. 8 I know what you do. I have put an open door before you, which no one can close. I know you have little strength, but you have obeyed my teaching and were not afraid to speak my name.) God's plan for us is really like an automatic door, you know the ones when you go into a grocery store? All you need to do is take a step in the right direction, put a little weight (faith) on the mat and the door opens. That's all God needs from us a little faith. When you have faith in God and realize what his plans are for our lives and we takes those steps towards that a whole new world will open up with ease. God is just waiting for us.
As I am taking on this new season in my life I imagine God sitting up in heaven with his eyes on me, patiently waiting with excitement for me to take each step that he has ordered for my life. Like a loving parent on Christmas who is so excited to watch their child open up all the gifts that they have taken the time and the thought to pick out.
I can't wait until I can sit down in the midst of all the crumpled wrapping paper and look back on a full life of God's wonderful gifts and see how they all mapped together. The good and the bad: The friends I will have made, the places I will have seen, the experiences I will have experienced, the tears I will have cried, and the laughs that will have bellowed from my belly. This move to Florida, this season, this precious gift I am about to open I believe is going to be the start of something. I have just gone through a season of purging: things, people and habits. Not that they were all bad, some of them were really good for that particular time in my life. But I feel I am ready for my new life, I really feel like I have gone through a re-birth a long gestation period and some birthing pains. (Isaiah 66:9 "In the same way I will not cause pain without allowing something new to be born," says the Lord. "If I cause you the pain, I will not stop you from giving birth to your new nation," says your God). WHOOOOOW... God I am ready for my new nation!!!
Psalm 139
God Knows Everything
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1 Lord, you have examined me
and know all about me.
2 You know when I sit down and when I get up.
You know my thoughts before I think them.
3 You know where I go and where I lie down.
You know everything I do.
4 Lord, even before I say a word,
you already know it.
5 You are all around me—in front and in back—
and have put your hand on me.
6 Your knowledge is amazing to me;
it is more than I can understand.
7 Where can I go to get away from your Spirit?
Where can I run from you?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there.
If I lie down in the grave, you are there.
9 If I rise with the sun in the east
and settle in the west beyond the sea,
10 even there you would guide me.
With your right hand you would hold me.
11 I could say, "The darkness will hide me.
Let the light around me turn into night."
12 But even the darkness is not dark to you.
The night is as light as the day;
darkness and light are the same to you.
13 You made my whole being;
you formed me in my mother's body.
14 I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way.
What you have done is wonderful.
I know this very well.
15 You saw my bones being formed
as I took shape in my mother's body.
When I was put together there,
16 you saw my body as it was formed.
All the days planned for me
were written in your book
before I was one day old.
17 God, your thoughts are precious to me.
They are so many!
18 If I could count them,
they would be more than all the grains of sand.
When I wake up,
I am still with you.
19 God, I wish you would kill the wicked!
Get away from me, you murderers!
20 They say evil things about you.
Your enemies use your name thoughtlessly.
21 Lord, I hate those who hate you;
I hate those who rise up against you.
22 I feel only hate for them;
they are my enemies.
23 God, examine me and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any bad thing in me.
Lead me on the road to everlasting life.
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