As today begins all I want to do is reflect for longer than a moment. It is good to reflect so we can celebrate what God has been doing with us and with those we know. We can also reflect on what God is doing that we trust but cannot see knowing this is just what God is and does. Right now, more importantly, I want to reflect on learning from what God is doing. There are a number of folks coming for help who want things to change in their lives. But, just as I’ve had to learn and am still learning, we want things to change to fit “how we want things to look or be”. In truth, God wants us to get to the place where we finally see that it is He who wants things to change to be like He intended, not how I or we intended.

It is in reflecting that I can see clearly how God uses every sin committed, every mistake, every wrong thinking, EVERYTHING to teach each one of us a better way to live. In our flesh we think we know how things ought to be in order to have a healthy life. It is very painful to surrender all we thought was “right” in order to have God show us just what right looks like for Him. Learning to live patiently and in complete trust is a lifetime commitment. I’m still in the midst of this learning. The big step right now is taking the time to reflect long enough to see and appreciate what God is doing when it is quite different than I’d wanted, anticipated, or expected. Along with this, trusting that what is happening is in His plan.

In all things God wants the outcome to look like Him and turn people’s eyes to Him. “…I believe help thou my unbelief. I walk into the unknown trusting all the while.”