Sunday, April 13, 2025

HIS plans, not mine


I am a planner. Sometimes when things don’t go as planned my husband is quick to say ‘we will make a plan’ and I about crawl out of my skin as I have made a plan and put tons of work behind those plans and can sometimes lead to moments of frustration on my part. 

I am often reminded of Isaiah 55:8-9 ‘ “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

As we recently had a volunteer team, plans were just not going the way we had organized and another plan had to be made. Here is a glimpse of how God orchestrated our day and made me see His ways are higher than my ways and plans. 

One of the days that fell through with our original plans, we decided to do evangelism in an area near the church. The following testimony of that day was written by journeyman Kenna Boyle…”We split into smaller groups with translators and spread out to share with anyone willing to listen. My little group prayed before we began, asking the Lord to lead us to open hearts. One story that stands out is when we came across a small home with multiple vehicles in the yard, so we figured someone must be home. Standing outside the gate, we called out, but no one answered. Just as we were about to leave, a woman opened the front door and started sweeping her front steps. We asked again if we could come speak with her, and she said yes, inviting us inside. Her name was Sage, and as we talked, she shared that she had grown up in church but never really made the faith her own. She had always been confused about how to do that.

We all took turns encouraging her and sharing Scripture. She told us that earlier that morning, she had been feeling distraught and had asked God to show her that He was real and listening to her prayers. She realized that God had led our little group to her house to show her what salvation by grace really means. She was so happy to hear what we shared and decided to come to church on Sunday to receive her very own Bible.”


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