As I’m preparing for the next major transition in my life (moving to Dallas!!), I find myself looking back over some of the previous turning points in my life. As I think is common for most people, a number of the things I was expecting to happen… didn’t.
- I planned to meet my husband at APU… nope.
- I planned to begin an acting career after I graduated… complete 180.
- I planned to do OTI summer 2013… plans changed.
- I planned to stay in CA after OTI… ha.
- I planned to meet my husband at IHOPU… that didn’t happen either [as far as I know].
That’s the thing about making plans… they don’t always turn out as, well, planned.
Enter this golden Doctor Who quote.
The woman, Idris, (my car’s namesake) is currently housing the consciousness of the TARDIS– the Doctor’s space ship/time machine. (Yes, the ship has a consciousness… just go with it.) The Doctor takes this unique face-to-face opportunity to accuse her of being unreliable:
The Doctor: “You didn’t always take me where I wanted to go.”
Idris: “No, but I always took you where you needed to go.”
In my experience, God is like that too. He most certainly had not always taken me where I wanted to go. If I had been writing my story, quite a few things would have been different.
But if I had chosen my own path ahead of time, I would have missed out on so much that was meant to be part of my journey.
If I had married someone I met at APU, it probably wouldn’t have been someone connected to the prayer movement and I probably wouldn’t have ended up involved with IHOPKC.
If I had gone into the industry as an actor… who knows where my life would have led. Again, probably not to the prayer movement.
If I had done OTI summer 2013 instead of summer 2012, I would have met completely different people and would still be in IHOPU, if I had even decided to stay.
So many times I had my plans and desires all laid out, and God knew what was better. I knew what I wanted, but He knew what I needed.
Jesus is really good and I trust Him. He has never led me astray, and He never will.
“The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps.”
(Proverbs 16:9)
I totally resonate with this post… well said – “I knew what I wanted, but He knew what I needed.” I may use that 😉 Oh and I totally have *Proverbs 16:9* framed in Chinese 🙂 Good verse!
Are you interested in doing an art night in the next couple of weeks? Perhaps a weekday night like Monday 10/10 or Thursday 10/13? I have acrylic paint we can use 🙂 You can just bring a canvas or paper or something that you want to paint on 🙂
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Fragrance Arise wrote:
> Caitlyn posted: “As I’m preparing for the next major transition in my life > (moving to Dallas!!), I find myself looking back over some of the > previous turning points in my life. As I think is common for most people, a > number of the things I was expecting to happen… didn'” >
Thank you, Sarah! It was so good to see you and Robert on Saturday. Yes, I’d love that! I have a prayer group on Monday, so maybe a Thursday? Let me know!
Catching up…I love this. Yes, things may not always go the way you plan, but the Lord is in control. I’ve learned some good things from Dr. Who also. 🙂