I could tell you story after story of how in the heart wrenching, devastating, and the most helpless moments of my life when I didn’t know or understand the plan of God that I knew He never left me.

The enemy does not approach us with a red suit and pitchfork to entice us to sin. He knows exactly how to draw us in. He examines and listens to us verbalize all our weaknesses, frustrations, and desires.

Today, God still wants a relationship with us through His Son, Jesus.  He invites us to accept Jesus’ forgiveness for our sins and receive the gift of eternal life. 

No matter where you are, it is never too late to make a change in the trajectory of your life. Seek wise counsel to help guide you in the right direction.

It is easy to quote the scriptures from the Bible and say we trust Him until He asks us to do something that we don’t understand or takes us out of our comfort zone.

Jesus taught the disciples that their worth to God was more than the sparrows – and Jesus said that God does not forget the sparrow. Jesus then went on to say that God knows the number of hairs on each head.

As a child of God, we do not live our lives in fear, worrying about crossing all the t’s and dotting all the I’s;

In our western Christian world, persecution is not what we want to hear. Oh, we know that it exists – just not here. Trials and the sort are something that happens in other parts of the world. The truth of the matter is that I am afraid we that live in America, hear too much of a watered down – seeker friendly, feel-good gospel and a life of hardship, persevering and enduring is not part of the plan.

There are people in our life who know us—I mean really know us.  It may be your spouse, a parent, a close friend, a relative, or even a co-worker that can take one look at you and know that something is up. 

I have done it. I have pressed for what I wanted. I did not understand that God’s ways are better. His ways are not my way. His plan is more than I can comprehend