Life According to His Plan, Not Mine

Well here is something I've been struck with...again. It's amazing how patient God is with me. The longsuffering of God towards someone who needs to learn lessons over and over is striking.
Isn't it amazing at how when looking back upon your life you can see God's leading?!?  I must confess that I don't always feel it in the moment, but I do try to live trusting that He does all things for my good.

In recent days, I have just been pondering the idea that my life isn't going according to my plans.  Before you get the wrong idea, you should know this is a good thing.
There were thoughts that I have had ingrained in my mind for years and years, put there by none other than myself: thoughts about what I would be doing with my life. I have to admit that it's not exactly what I had pictured when I first got married. That is not to mean that I don't love where God has led me. It's just that I didn't plan for all of this: where we would move, what churches and friends would influence our spiritual growth, what little communities we would live in, what schools my kids would go to, what I might be doing once my kids were all in school, and the list could go on and on. I would never plan to have myself go through rough patches...but God did. It was all His plan, not mine.

And you know what? It's a wonderful, beautiful, amazing plan! I have loved the places we have been to. I have loved the Christian brothers and sisters, our "family" we have been blessed with. I have even grown to appreciate the difficult times because they have taught me lessons I would otherwise have never learned. God is a loving Father and it is a comforting fact to know that I might make plans, but God is the director of my life.

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart
Nought be all else to me, save that Thou art
Thou my best thought, by day or by night
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light

Be Thou my wisdom, and Thou my true Word
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one

Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise
Thou mine inheritance, now and always
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart
High King of heaven, my Treasure Thou art

High King of heaven, my victory won
May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's Sun
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all

link:  kyschenk - Be Thou my Vision