Long, but so worth the read. This writer must have been in my head at some point. This excerpt appeared in Wednesdays Encouragement for Today. Our Best Plans are Not Always Best By LYNN COWELL (edited) The hard reality is I can be one of those moms ... the ones with the built-in expectations. The ones with unspoken yet idealistic dreams of what should be. However, God wants me to recognize my ideals, my plans, my dreams are not always the best. But His are. Gods thoughts and our thoughts arent the same. His thoughts and His ways are always higher and better than our ways and thoughts. Although I envision the perfect birthday, vacation or future wedding, God may have a different plan. A better plan. Maybe not perfect in the way I imagine, but perfect according to His plans and purposes. This is especially hard as a mother. Wanting the very best for our children, we can get our hearts set on the best pre-school, middle school, high school or college. Knowing how hard it can be to make it in this world, we press in with our plans, suggesting or insisting our children pursue the degree, career or marriage choices we think are best. The problem comes when we forget the most important part of the plans: Gods thoughts and His ways. Although there is value in our wisdom and experience, we must be intentional to give attention to God and His perfect wisdom for their future. Because without it, we can hinder the process of our children learning to hear from God for themselves. While I can say Im growing every day when it comes to expectations, I will always be on my knees asking God to help me. It is comforting to know, through the power of the Holy Spirit living in me, I can come to God daily and surrender my thoughts and plans to Him. Its there I can lay down my thoughts and plans for my children as well. Maybe like me, the idea of taking a step back from directing all of your childrens ways scares you a bit. Here is where I find my comfort: my Father God is my childrens Father and He loves them even more than I do. Lets rest securely knowing when we encourage our children to follow God, His plan for them and their lives is much better than ours.
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 04:09:07 +0000
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