The Great Plan

If it's one thing that I have learned in the past few years its that I am an ever evolving person. The person that I am today is not the person that I was a year ago. When I think about who I was a year ago, I see who I am now and I feel thankful. I feel thankful that my Creator, my Father gives the gift of grace daily. He looks at me and He sees me beyond the mess, beyond the sin. He sees my heart and He sees the person He created me to be. When I think about who I could be a year from now I have no idea what to expect. No idea at all. I know that I can set goals for myself and have certain things that I want to accomplish, but in the grand scheme of things it is God that directs my path.

I found a letter I wrote to myself my Junior year of High School just before I turned 16. I was in a Creative Writing class and had to write a letter to the "future me" and tell myself everything that I should have accomplished by the time I was 25. I can say that 2 of the 6 things have happened. I finished high school and college... but I am not married/engaged, I don't have my Masters in Teaching and I am not a Kindergarten teacher. Instead I have evolved into a completely different person. I have the most precious of all occupations, I do something that I love and enjoy. I might not be married or on my way there but I do know that when that day comes that it will be something that God ordains, I can't force happiness.

I'm learning that the evolution of life, the way it unfolds is truly a miracle of God. If we were left to our own understanding and ability to reason we most likely would be a mess. Not that life isn't messy, because it is most definitely messy. But the ability we have as Christians to intentionally make the decision to follow God and walk with Him through life is irreplaceable. Jeremiah 1:5 is one of my favorite verses, it says "Before I formed you in your mother's womb, I knew you and set you apart".

Never forget that God has a plan for you, a plan that transcends all understanding.