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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