Enjoy The Ride
Today, I learned a new lesson. Well, actually, it's not a "new" lesson. This is something God has been trying to tell me the past month. But sometimes, you know, we have selective hearing. Do you remember that famous annoying saying in an episode of The Simpsons, where they are all in the car and the kids keep repeating the same saying over and over again? "Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"...lol. That has been me the past nine years. Yes nine. In case I've never mentioned it before, I am a planner. I love to plan my vacations, dates with my husaband, when I will eat next, what I will wear, what I will say, etc. You get the picture. I have had to learn the past nine years how to be a "rider" and not the "driver". It's been one of the hardest lessons I think I've ever had to learn. I am kind of an uptight person. I've never really been one to just relax and enjoy the ride.
But sometimes, when it's been nine years...and counting...that you've waited for a desire of your heart to be granted, it's hard to not think about it and ask questions, and pray pray pray. Lol. I believe that it's good to pray, but then there are times when God just wants us to "be still and know that He is Lord" (Psalm 46:10).
He wants us to sit back and enjoy the ride to wherever He is taking us. Sometimes it leads to an answered prayer, sometimes it doesn't. But we have to realize that life is so much bigger than we are. God is bigger and better than we are. His plans are bigger and better than our plans. When we enjoy the ride, we are relinquishing all of our control to Him. It's hard to do. Trust me. Take it from the control freak here. But I can say it's been totally worth it. It's not about how the ride is on the way to our future. We're blessed enough to get there. Honestly, I've been waiting so long for this, I don't really care how it gets here, as long as it gets here. Know what I mean? I am so tired of trying to plan and control, it doesn't really matter what happens to me in the process. I trust God 1,000%. He is my anchor. He is my help in time of trouble. He is my Father. He is my friend. He is my encourager. He is everything. The past nine years, I've had to listen to people tell me "what if you can't get pregnant?". You know what people? Shut up. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD (Luke 1:37). Yes I realize that was blunt, but you get really tired of all the negative that come out of people's mouths. I am ready for this ride. I am not sure how it will all pan out, but I am hanging on...with my eyes open...enduring whatever this journey has in store for me. It doesn't really matter what happens to me as long as my God gets all the glory in the end. And He will. His power is perfected in my weaknesses. He is a very good driver. He never gets lost, and always shows up right on time to wherever we are supposed to go. The ride may be a little bumpy along the way...but He will take care of you and make sure you get there. So let me pray.
Father in heaven...you know every person reading this blog today. I ask Father, that your hand be over them during the journey that you have them on. I pray that you sustain them in the midst of the rough spots, and carry them through to the end when it becomes way too hard. I pray for a peace in the middle of their journey, God, that they will know that you are there, and that you will never leave them. I pray a joy over them as they keep their eyes fixed on youI pray for a renewed level of trust as their ride continues, and I pray that your goodness will shine as the end result. Thank you, Father, for your faithfulness and your never failing love for us. In Jesus name I pray...Amen.
But sometimes, when it's been nine years...and counting...that you've waited for a desire of your heart to be granted, it's hard to not think about it and ask questions, and pray pray pray. Lol. I believe that it's good to pray, but then there are times when God just wants us to "be still and know that He is Lord" (Psalm 46:10).
He wants us to sit back and enjoy the ride to wherever He is taking us. Sometimes it leads to an answered prayer, sometimes it doesn't. But we have to realize that life is so much bigger than we are. God is bigger and better than we are. His plans are bigger and better than our plans. When we enjoy the ride, we are relinquishing all of our control to Him. It's hard to do. Trust me. Take it from the control freak here. But I can say it's been totally worth it. It's not about how the ride is on the way to our future. We're blessed enough to get there. Honestly, I've been waiting so long for this, I don't really care how it gets here, as long as it gets here. Know what I mean? I am so tired of trying to plan and control, it doesn't really matter what happens to me in the process. I trust God 1,000%. He is my anchor. He is my help in time of trouble. He is my Father. He is my friend. He is my encourager. He is everything. The past nine years, I've had to listen to people tell me "what if you can't get pregnant?". You know what people? Shut up. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD (Luke 1:37). Yes I realize that was blunt, but you get really tired of all the negative that come out of people's mouths. I am ready for this ride. I am not sure how it will all pan out, but I am hanging on...with my eyes open...enduring whatever this journey has in store for me. It doesn't really matter what happens to me as long as my God gets all the glory in the end. And He will. His power is perfected in my weaknesses. He is a very good driver. He never gets lost, and always shows up right on time to wherever we are supposed to go. The ride may be a little bumpy along the way...but He will take care of you and make sure you get there. So let me pray.
Father in heaven...you know every person reading this blog today. I ask Father, that your hand be over them during the journey that you have them on. I pray that you sustain them in the midst of the rough spots, and carry them through to the end when it becomes way too hard. I pray for a peace in the middle of their journey, God, that they will know that you are there, and that you will never leave them. I pray a joy over them as they keep their eyes fixed on youI pray for a renewed level of trust as their ride continues, and I pray that your goodness will shine as the end result. Thank you, Father, for your faithfulness and your never failing love for us. In Jesus name I pray...Amen.
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