God's Plans Always Have a Purpose.

Jeremiah 29:11- For I know the plans that I have for you, 'declares the Lord, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. 

We have been trying to adopt a baby girl for almost five years now.  It has been a long, painful process and we are still waiting.  Two times we were so close to end up with empty arms at the end.  But who am I to question what God's plans are?
Five Years ago when we started this whole process,  we thought that I had Fibromyalgia only and there is nothing you can do about that except do your best with it and live your life.  Yes we would have preferred to have had our precious daughter in our arms by now but the Lord knew being diagnosed with Lyme disease and going through these last seven months of treatment would have been hard with having a little one around.  I think my treatments are slowly getting better so that is a very good thing!  A good thing in that when it is finally God's timing for us to get our precious daughter, I will actually be healthier than I was five years ago.
The blessing of having a daughter is being held until I was able to discover my illness and get on a good pathway of healing.  The Lyme was hidden in my body from me but not from God.  He knew the best time (yes even thirty years later) to finally bring it out what has been pledging my body.
God's timing is not always our own but His plans are always perfect and He always has our best interest in account no matter what we might think.
What things are you waiting on?  Praying for?  Hoping for?  Just remember, God is in control and always works things together for His good.

Burden too Heavy to Carry.

Psalm 61:1-4 - Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed : lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy . I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

Ever feel like you are faced with a task, trial or problem that seems to be too huge to bear?  There is no one that would fully understand and be able to bear the heavy burden you carry?  I have my times of being hit by this.  Everyone has different trials, tribulations and burdens they each go through.  Some we might see and be able to bear with one another and others might be ones that we don’t feel like we can share. Then there might be times we feel others cannot grasp how hard a certain trial or burden really is to go through.  

While reading Psalm 61:1-4, it reminded me how it does not matter if I have others to talk to or bear my seemly overwhelming burden with, I have God.  The one who created me and knows me best.  The one who knows this burden so much better then any person ever could.  I am able to cry out to Him , laying all at His feet because He is the one who can take this seemingly endless mountain from my shoulder and give me rest. Telling me, “My child, rest.  Let me handle this.  I know what is best for you.  I know what is best for those you love”.  

I cannot explain the peace that over comes you when you truly give your burdens, trials and tribulations over to the Master to deal with it.  Yes this might not be a one time deal. Yes, you might have to do this daily.  I too have had to daily re-lay the same burden down at His feet.  Oh but the peace that comes after is so very sweet.