Thursday, March 13, 2014

What is "My Thread"?

My life could never be described as "easy".  Rarely has anything been simple.  And I spent a large part of my life focusing on this.  I let it consume me.  And life became even harder when I constantly expected the worst.

Then I had a revelation.  Each life, including my own, is a thread in God's beautiful tapestry.  He has plans for us that don't always line up with our own plans.  If you are not a Christian, don't get too caught up in the "God stuff".  Think of it this way... There is a bigger picture.

I once knew exactly what I wanted my thread to look like- the color and texture it would take as I grew.  I knew who I was going to marry, where I was going to live, what career I was going to have, how many children would be in my family...  But God's idea for thread obviously looked nothing like mine.  I was introduced to the man of my dreams, I fell in love with the culture of a new city, the failing economy caused a change in the industry I studied in college, I got diagnosed with "unexplained infertility".

No, this life is nothing like I wanted 10 years ago.  But this life is perfect.  God designed my thread around his picture, not mine.  And I am thankful every day for that blessing.

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