Hello all!
I just wanted to write a quick note to inform you all that I am still alive. Alive and well, as a matter of fact! Mostly getting Christmas projects ready to go for my friends and family members. But also doing some writing! It has been along time since I've done any such thing, I am ashamed to say.
But I also wanted to post this because I've gotten to thinking about this past year. A lot has happened. A took care of this big, fuzzy white German Shepherd for about nine months and fell in love with her. I started teaching piano lessons. I lost my Grandma. I started taking horse lessons, which is something I've wanted to do my entire life. Literally. To sum it all up, I've had a lot of life impacting things happen to me in the last year. It might not sound like too much, but these things have affected me. They've helped me to mature, to grow to experience life a little more. And as I look back on it all, I can't help but see that God has a plan for me. And already he's starting to put it into action. Most of the time, I don't realize it. I get so caught up in the monotony of everyday life. But everything that's happening, even the little things, are shaping me into the person God wants me to be. And I don't want to forget that. I want to make the right choices so I can be that person. Don't you?
So basically, I just wanted to remind you that God really does have a plan for you. And even if it's not having you single-handedly save the world from terrorists, or bring the gospel to the deepest darkest parts of Africa, it's still going to be something great. I find myself wanting to do something more than what I'm doing right now. I always read books about these characters who save the world, or impact it forever. And I want to do that. I want to do something great. But what God is having you do now is great. Even if it is just something seemingly simple. Like teaching the little kids in class. Or helping out in the kitchens. Or sticking a track in a coat pocket at Wal-Mart. The greatest thing that you could possibly ever do, is exactly what God wants you to do, with a trusting, willing heart. That even if it's just something "ordinary", you know it's what God has for you, and you know it's the very best thing that you could do. So, just trust God. He really does have a plan.
Have a good evening, my dear readers!
MR
