We make our plans, but God directs our path.
(Picture by Lisa R.)

I had a plan for my future. A clear direction and path that I wanted to go. I started to brainstorm. I started to make all the necessary preparation to make my dream a reality. Only one problem…every time I made a step toward the door of my dream I found it locked. Life interrupted: family issues, financial issues, life issues…ISSUES. I was frustrated. I was beginning to feel resentment for people who seemed to achieve their goals effortlessly. That’s when God knocked on my heart and said, “Why are you upset? Why are you resentful? Haven’t My ways always yielded the best results?” So I stopped whining and made a choice to move on and stop holding on to something that seemed to be out of my reach. I decided to be content with my life. I felt peace. I didn’t completely put my dreams away I just relinquished them to God. I walked away from my plans, I shut the door. I didn’t lock it.  Yesterday without me trying the door opened and with opportunity that hadn’t been a part of my plans ( a really good opportunity). I haven’t made a decision yet. But here’s what I took away, you have to let go of your past to move forward (oddly that was my pastor’s message today). We can’t accept what God has for us if our hands are full. Sometimes, in order to get what you want, you have to be willingly to let it go.

“For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1, NLT).

So what am I thankful for today? That I am learning to let go of what I want.