God knows, trust me

yeah, so im sure all of us have been here, will be here or are currently in this situation. as for me its something me and quite a few of my friends are dealing with now. where does God want me to go with this life? what collage, major, career, blah blah i could go on. but seriously where? i know that this is true for everyone, God loves us and wants the best for us, so God is going to take us to a place that draws our hearts ever closer to His. im just not exactly sure what that place looks like, but hey that's ohkay.

"before i formed you in the womb i knew you, before you were born i set you apart. i appointed you as a prophet to the nations." Jeremiah 1:5
this is pretty powerful stuff if you really think about it. God knew you before you knew him. before anybody else knew you or of you, God knew exactly who you were/are. better yet before we existed God set us apart! apart from everything he didn't want for you. He set you apart perhaps because no one else could do the things he has in store for you. never thought of it that way? it still gives me glory chills when i think about it. and if God set us apart before we were even conceived, then he must have had a pretty spiffy plan up his sleeve:P now believing all this may be a little hard but "blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him." Jeremiah 17:7 helps with this. Trust God. Trust Him completely and you will be blessed by Him. Just because we dot understand or know all of Gods reasoning's shouldn't stop us from trusting in Him.

Jeremiah 29:11 says "For i know the plans i have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you, and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." now im sure all of us have heard this verse several hundred times or read it in birthday or get Well cards.. whatever it may be. but have you ever truly thought about what it means?? i never did till the other day and i was just like in shock! its crazy!ohkay so a plan is something that is created before anything happens. in this case, before you were born aka Jeremiah 1:5. right well these plans God created you specifically for them. these plans are for your good, not something that is going to hinder you or harm you in any way. they are plans to give you hope. wow. to me, right now that means so much. because i know God is gonna be with me wherever he takes me and these plans must be so great that they give hope. God has something planned that is going to give me a future, and blow my mind. just knowing that God has all this planned out comforts me so much on days when i feel completely lost. and it gives me hope, to think one day,(and hopefully even in this moment) im fulfilling this awesome plan.

but i don't think its all about the plan. don't get me wrong here, i want to follow Gods plan, but i think that more importantly i nee to follow God if that makes sense.... growing in Him daily, making daily decision for Him and being close to God.. becoming the person God created for me to be.. that idea. and i think doing that kind of thing will fulfill the plan God has for my life. i hope that makes sense because i don't know how else to explain it.

He will guide me. i know he will. God knows. i know he does, even when i don't.




love,
always and forever
gracie:)