The one about plans

I just want to say that God is good and His plans are too.

"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope."  Jeremiah 29:11

My God is not a god of chaos and He has good plans for each of his children :)

This past weekend a beach trip with my Sunday School class that I was really looking forward to got cancelled at the last minute.  I confess, I was pretty bummed about it.  But, as always, God had bigger plans for my weekend than I did.  As a result of being in town these past few days we have a new member in our Bible study/friend group, who's been praying for a while for a good group of Christians his own age to hang out with.  We also got to see an old singer-friend who's doing incredible things with her life!  I'm encouraged to say that her patience with God (which she demonstrated when I first met her over six years ago) has paid off and will continue to reap blessings in her life.  Her name is Cindy Johnson (www.cindyjohnson.org) and she is actually coming to my college in the fall for a concert!  After talking to her again, it helped me refocus my priorities and see the vastness of God's plans for me through the vastness of his plans for her.  She actually started as a pysch. major at my very school, but switched to music and moved to a school in Nashville as she felt God called her to do a ministry in music.  Sometimes it really helps to see people who've trusted in God through the hard times and came out better than okay. 

As if this weren't enough to prove God's greatness (much better than beach plans), I also got to work at Habitat for Humanity.  This doesn't really sound like such a big deal, but it turns out the lady's house we were working on is a friend of my mother's!  She and her little four-year-old boy even turned up at the site to help with their house.  Without knowing the connection of my mom, we all got along great.  She even invited my brother and I to her house-opening party.  So let's see... my beach plans vs. four great friendships and lasting ministry oppurtunities.  Yup, God knows what He's doing and he's got incredible plans for my life and your's! 

I know this isn't really a very serious let's-quote-verses-all-the-time entry, but I believe that God works as much in real life as he does in the scriptures.  He certainly has been showing Himself in some pretty real-life ways in my life lately and I want to share that with you. 

As always, comment and share back with me :)