His Plan is Always Better than Mine

The Lord's plan is always bigger and better than mine.  Its always thought out and planned better with every detail known unlike what I could ever plan.  I'm always grateful when He puts me in my place, reminding me gently that he's got this.  He knows when to stretch me and open my heart and mind to what I may turn against and redefines my perspective into a more Christ like pleasing perspective.  A perspective that has been refreshed with kindness, judgement free, and forgiving.

On Sunday morning, I got dressed for church with the intent of not knowing if I would really go or if I would stay when I got there.  I was meeting up with a friend that was going to purchase a discount card from my son to help support his football team.  I had myself convinced that it would be alright if I would sneak in find her, greet and visit with a few others I hadn't seen in a while and then sneak away.

As I walked across the street I saw an old friend in front of the door.  I was excited to see her and her family.  I then remembered that they would be passing through on their way to moving to Chicago.  I knew then that I would have a tough time feeling it would be alright to leave after I finished the task that I had set out to do.  God has a way of tugging at our hearts and whispering to us as we try to go against his plan for us.

I greeted her and she wanted me to find her before I left so that we could set up sometime to get together to catch with each other's lives.  I proceeded into the church and immediately found the person I was looking for and went straight to my destination.  I then turned around looking for the quickest path with the least amount of people standing and chatting so I could head to the door.  Instead I walked around a bit and headed into the the room where everyone stands to meet and greet and get coffee.  I ran into two friends, one was the wife of the one that would be giving the message and the other was my neighbor, who said that it was a good message and that I should stay and listen to it.  I think she saw that I was hesitant on staying without me saying too much.

I then realized how I have missed interacting with some of the people that I have gotten to know over the years.  I went into find a place to sit and there I sat ready to listen with an openness that the Lord opened.

I enjoyed the message and was surprised at how much I did.  I silently broke down during communion to the Lord and asked for his forgiveness on how I had harden my heart before coming in to listen to the message.

I was grateful I went, to listen to a good message and to see a person that I love sitting and talking with :)