Wonderful Wisdom

I have kept a prayer journal for many years now and from time to time I will pick them up and read the entries I have made. This gives me a chance to celebrate in what God has done and what he is still doing. It also amazes me at the wisdom God has granted me over the years.

Today I was compelled to pick up one of my journals. The place I opened it was November 10, 2002 almost exactly three years to the day. In that entry I had been convicted about my weight and that I felt God wanted me to take the extra weight I have off so that I would be prepared to go into the mission field. So that my body would be fit and ready for what ever he called me too. Now 3 years later I have finally started that mission, I am 63 pounds lighter and still have 80 more to go but I know God is in this all the way. I am blown away at how faithful he is. I knew he was calling me to this then but it took 2 and a half more years before I really made the decision to follow through. God knows his timing and it is always perfect.

The next day I read happened to be November 14, 2002. I was talking about waiting on God for my life mate. I wrote this piece of wisdom that still holds true today "Waiting on you does not mean standing still. It means it is time to grow in more knowledge and revelation of who you are. It is a time to celebrate in anticipation of what you are going to do and rejoice in all of your promises." Of course mixed in with that bit of wisdom was also a bit of stupidity and wishful thinking as I continued on and swore that this guy named Jesse was the man I was going to marry. Of course Jesse is married now to someone else and has two kids, however the wisdom still rings true. And I learned that you shouldn't jump to conclusions when God shows you something. It might mean something completely different then what you think it does. God had shown me that Jesse was going to be married I just assumed it was to me, boy was I wrong about that part.

I have learned that what I can hold to are those things that last. If I think God has told me something then all I have to do is wait because if it is truly from him it will come to pass. If it is just my wishful thinking he will let me down gently. God is so good.