When someone dies, they usually leave behind a will...
....so the loved ones here on earth know their wishes.....
The Bible agrees that a will is only in force once someone has died....
"In the case of a will,d it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, 17because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living." Hebrews 9:16-17
What if this might be the case for us as well....spiritually speaking....
What if we are unable to know God's will until we actually die to ourselves
and surrender our personal dreams...
What if when we declare our old self truly dead, we are actually able to
understand the dream for our new self.....
A new plan that describes what God truly desires for us....
...the reason He made you.....
...that real you hiding underneath the problems, disappointments & hurts...
...the purpose for that glorious you that is waiting to be discovered in this life....
I know that my life is currently nothing like I had "planned"...
I had once thought that two kids was plenty.
I thought I would be a software engineer until I retired.
I thought that we would always live in our custom-built house in Minnetrista.
I thought retiring sounded great with all the 401K money we were saving as duel-income engineers.
But, God had other plans for my life that came alive after I let mine die...
He gave us a 3rd child....
He asked that I home school one of my daughters.....
He asked us to downsize and move to a little house in Waconia...
...which looks suspiciously like the house in a favorite children's book of mine....
He currently is asking we trust His provisions for our
finances as we wait for a new job for Bryan.
Surrender and trust....
....those are my daily words in this current season
that I never "planned" but am so grateful for....
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