When God's plan isn't your plan

This is the #2 thing I wish I had known in my 20's. Multiple times I have thought that I had it all figured out. My most recent moment was when I was helping with the church plant and I thought everything was going like it was planned. BOOM. Everything changed. Another way to describe it is that you are riding your bike on a flat straight stretch of road and you come to a small hill. Most times you think that the road would continue going straight and once you pop the hill it takes a hard sharp turn that you aren't expecting.

A relationship with God is like riding a roller coaster for the first time. Unexpected. Thrilling. Terrifying at times. And you have those moments where you wonder if you are really going to make it. You put a lot of trust in the people who test those rides at the start of the day. Not to mention the safety harnesses that are there. You have to have a lot of faith to ride a roller coaster. And a lot of faith to be in relationship with God.

I have to explain to you how God just recently slammed my face into a wall of HEY MY PLAN, NOT YOURS! Helping with this church plant has made me grow in so many different ways. At the start, I was trying to find my place in the ministry. A lot of things had already been decided and planned out in advance. I sat down with Pastor and talked to him about where my heart was and where I really enjoyed serving. I even recall telling him that I liked singing.

I ended up starting with Media work. Facebook, website, presentation. Once we went to church plant training I found out what GOD'S plans were for me in the ministry. It wasn't what I expected. I was a little floored when someone else pointed out a gift in me that I didn't know that I had. I'm annoying when it comes to details. It excites me to read bands riders. That's all the little details of what they want to have in their dressing room and what their requirements are. I'm obsessed with paying attention to detail. Today, the cross was moved 3 inches away from the pipe that was behind it. Did anyone else notice? Probably not. But that drove me insane.

I ended up being named the secretary. That wasn't what I thought I was going to be doing at ALL! I didn't think that's where I was supposed to be called. I'm overly communicative. Pastor and his wife can tell you how absolutely annoying I am on getting things on the calendar and making sure we have events going on. My plan was NOT what God intended, and that's okay. It's OKAY that YOUR plan doesn't work like you want it to. You wanna know why? Because God's way is higher than ours and HIS plan is better than ours. When something happens and it's not what you think should happen, embrace it!!!

Enjoy this crazy roller coaster ride with God and accept the terrifying uncertainty that comes along with it. It's worth it!