One Day At A Time

In this life things certainly don't always go the way you plan. Take for instance my very first attempt at making lasagna. I had a moment of mental malfunction as I read the ingredients and ended up measuring the parmesan cheese wrong. No big deal...if it was off by an ounce but try 8 ounces! Not pretty, the cheese soaked up all the delicious sauce leaving a very salty noodle concoction that was virtually inedible (to everyone on the planet except my brother). Go figure! :)

Or maybe the entire direction that you thought your life was going to go in just didn't happen. I know I saw myself happily married, with 2.5 children and a cute house with a white picket fence, baking cookies and spending time with a family of my own. Never dreamed that I'd find myself in my mid thirties still waiting for this dynamic man of God to show up and sweep me off my feet. Actually never even dated much and definitely no bambinos :( I admit I sometimes look back at my life wondering whether I just missed it.

Or perhaps you did get married and it wasn't what you thought it was going to be and you have regrets. Maybe you lost a loved one way before you were ready to give them up or sickness or trauma entered your home. Perhaps your children aren't walking with God the way you want them to. Maybe you regret the relationship you have with your parents or that you hurt someone you cared about and you can't change it.

It's easy to become overwhelmed with life. The burdens are heavy when they are weighed down with good intentions, sickness, broken promises, shattered hearts and derailed dreams. It seems that nothing in this life is constant. Your entire world can change in an instant with one phone call, one choice, one act, one moment of weakness, insecurity, anger, hate or apathy, one turn of the wheel, one natural disaster, one second...

But in this world of constant change and disappointment, I am so thankful that there is Something that never changes. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. He knows the end from the beginning. He knew that we would face trials and tribulation yet He can work all things out for good (no matter what direction they take at first) for those who love Him. He is the Healer, the Redeemer and the Restorer. He brings peace in the midst of a storm. His timing is perfect. His ways are perfect. He doesn't make mistakes. He has a plan that is good. He calls us by name and knows every hair on our heads. He hears every cry of our hearts. He loved us enough to send His only Son to die for us so that even though in this life we may have hard times...the promise of an eternity spent with Him will be the Hope that gets us through.

So let's make this journey together...one day at a time...in Him.