I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.  Jeremiah 29:11 (MSG)

That may sound as if it is only talking about the big stuff, but from my experience, it is referring to the little stuff too.  Like righting wronged relationships or bringing someone unexpected across your path or just giving your faith a boost.

God is interested in every single aspect of your life.  In fact, he is like a father, a brother, a best friend and a partner all rolled into one.   He is supremely and intimately involved in your life and he will talk to you and guide you and prompt you and laugh with you often as you will let him.

But life is still life and we are still real. And that has ‘imperfection’ written all over it!

Its a funny thing, but every so often, I get bogged down with feelings of hopelessness, purposelessness and complete misery.  I have no idea what brings this on or sets if off but it is an uncontrollable downward spiral that I cannot stop.  During this time, I look at other people who seem to be so happy and I resent them for it. Why do their lives have to be so wonderful and perfect and my life so bland. (Of course, I know that this is not true but at the time I can only see things through those ‘dark’ glasses.)

I felt this ‘lowness’ coming on a few days ago.  I actually had a sense of it sidling up beside me, pretending to be my buddy, before it would suck me in completely.   In hindsight, it was rather unusual that I was able to recognize this darkness BEFORE being totally enveloped.

But that was Gods at work for sure! He was protecting me because there was something very important that was about to happen.  Something that I would never have anticipated and that left me quite frankly, gob-smacked.

On the second day of this ‘teetering around the edge of darkness’, I received a call from a very special person with whom I had recently had a falling out and was still feeling quite numb and rather detached. It was unusual for this person to be reaching out to me.  I am usually the builder of the bridges so the phone call caught me totally off guard, and the conversation left me quite uncertain of how I would invest in our relationship going forward.  I knew that I needed to move beyond my feelings of hurt and betrayal.  I knew this in my head – but how was I supposed to do it in my heart.

YET, the next morning when I awoke for my weekly prayer time, specifically dedicated to loved ones, I had such joy and love and forgiveness in my heart. It was as though the Lord has wiped away all the fearful, human emotions and replaced them with His love and His joy and His acceptance and His commitment.

My heart had been changed through no effort of my own.

Only a Gods of love can do this.  He also gave me an incredible faith-building prayer time that reminded me that God is in control.  He is the one who does the work.

All we need to do is pray and trust and stay in relationship with Him.

Another wonderful display of God’s justice and mercy.  Another reminder to go with the flow – His flow!

How glorious is our God!