A New Year! Another chance to get it right, but have you asked yourself why you didn't get it right this past year? Perhaps it was because the circumstances that came your way were too challenging and you didn't know how to handle them. Maybe it’s because you thought that the choice’s you made were the right ones, when in fact they were the wrong ones. Either way you didn't get it right.
Did you ever think that maybe, just maybe there was something
missing from the equation?
I had a lot of challenges this past year, and I am on the same page with you when it comes to the whole not getting it right, but I'm not satisfied with "you learn from your mistakes". I needed to know why I allowed myself to make those mistakes, so I went to The Lord in prayer and asked him to reveal to me what I did wrong this past year and what I needed to do differently.
The funny thing was that I already knew exactly what I needed to do but I didn't do it. I wanted to include God in every part of my life, but I didn't ask for His consent on the decisions I had to make because I knew there was a possibility that what I wanted wasn't in Gods plan for me.
I wanted God to bless my finances but I didn't make Him my financial adviser, I wanted to have better communication with my husband but in certain situations I didn't listen to God's marital advice, I wanted God to help me through the storms but I didn't have enough faith to make Him my Windstorm Protection.
It was all about me, what I wanted. I didn't ask God for His input in my decision making, I neglected to ask him for his guidance in certain situations and I didn't include him in my plans. Maybe if I would've consulted with God I would've gotten things right and ended 2013 with no regrets.
It's crazy for me to think that I know what's best for my life when the one who created me knows my future and is writing my story till the end with Mercy's pen.
For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 NLT
This new year I signed over all of my legal rights to Him. I made him my Financial Adviser, my Marriage counselor, and my Windstorm Protection.
What about you? Is 2013 full of regrets? What do you plan on doing differently this year?
Is God Going to be part of the equation? I want to encourage you today to include God in your plans for 2014.
I promise you won't regret it!
Sarah
Mom After God
