May 26, 2010

Usually, I read first.  I have my routine, but this morning for some reason I broke from it a bit.  Was it the sleepless night and the questions bouncing around in my head?  Was it that the coffee hadn’t done the coffee thing and woken me up just yet?  Either way, I decided to write a few things first.  It was pretty much one of those “God Help” kind of prayers.  The way we pray when we are sorting through life and plans and questions, and it seems overwhelming.  Those prayers one prays when standing at the crossroads of wanting to choose the path of vision and diligence, but the highway of carelessness beckons.  Once a few lines were down, I read…

“Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.”  Proverbs 19:21

Does that ever happen to you?  I hope so!  It was as if I was gasping for air and finally able to take a long clear breath.  Ahhhh…  So I finished writing.  This time it wasn’t so much about ‘God helping me sort out all my plans,’ but more like ‘God help me know your plans, and live for your purposes.’

It was about this time that my five year old daughter came tearing out of the bedroom, and we sat down at the computer and sent a birthday gift to our Compassion friend Marisol in Bolivia.  …it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand…

Nate