Planning

So I went to Florida for a week to visit family and just to relax. But of course the moment we leave freezing Chicago to go somewhere nice and sunny....the cold weather followed us all the way down South. Months of planning for a nice trip with friends and family started to unravel and things didn't work out to how we planned. And one by one, different situations started to pile on me during the only time I planned to have a real life vacation. Work was getting hectic, school was getting busier, family concerns, problems with friends, stress about church....you name it and it hit me during my vacation.

But all I could help think about was that I am not in control of this. If I really did trust in God, He would be faithful to get me through this. I had this feeling that right when I got back from vacation, everything would be just fine. It wasn't.

Right when I landed into O'Hare airport, I felt the weight of the world lie on my shoulders. Literally the next week was so overwhelming that I felt I needed a vacation again. When all my conflicts were too much to handle, and things weren't going according to my expectations, my friends and I got together for our usual Thursday Night Prayer. That night I felt the burden I was carrying around, lifted right off my shoulders. Just getting into God's presence and casting your cares upon Him helped relieve some of the tension.

Is my life still hectic. Yes. But I learned a lesson through all of this. No matter how much we plan, or expect things to work out in a certain way, God has a better plan. My thoughts are not Your thoughts, my ways are not Your ways. As long as we trust in Him, completely, He will see us through till the end. So keep that chin up...spring is just around the corner.

-Jobbin