PLANS....

I received an email a couple of months back...it was just a forwarded email that had a joke or something on it...and for the most part I have been deleting those when they come in because I just have not had the time to read through all of them...my PLANS did not allow me...=) Anyways, there was one that at the bottom by someones name had this verse "Commit your actions to the Lord and your plans will succeed" Proverbs 16:3....that caught my attention. Ever since then I have kept that verse where I can see it to remind myself that GOD is right there with me!

Do you have plans in place that tell you where you need to be...what you should be doing...what you will be doing....when you be doing it? We all have plans..some short term others far off into the distant future. And we tend to beat ourselves up if we do not stay on plan...why is that?
I have several plans...I have even managed to break them down into steps so that if I only reach this point...then I wont be disappointed in myself.

I have been struggling a lot lately with whether or not I made the right decision in pursuing some of my plans any further. I just feel like some of what I want...is selfish...or that the timing is not right...but is the timing ever right...and will everyone ever agree that we need to be doing what we planned? I realized that a lot of those feelings were coming from what other people were saying or how they would react to certain news...I know that they want to be happy for me...but I would feel as if in the back of their minds they were thinking "whatever" and that could all be in my head but I would truly feel that way...and then I saw this verse...and I remembered that GOD is there to walk with us not everyone else...He picks us up when we fall...he is there to give us that encouragement that we sometimes long for...he is there to not only see us SUCCEED but to ENSURE that we do!

I still don't know how this will all work out but I do know that God has given me a very supportive and loving family. And he has ALLOWED me to come this far...my plans (my dreams)...none of that has changed...only now I know that He is in control...not me...and that is how I will succeed!