I believe in a God that has a divine plan for our lives. I also believe that, that same God has a humorous way of showing us that plan. I know sometimes my thought process is a tad quirky, but I just really believe in a God that gives us the right people at the right times, crossing people’s paths when they need it the most, intertwines stories and routes that just make sense, even if we can’t make sense of it in that exact moment.
I know without a doubt in my mind that there are lessons in everything, that I meet people at the times God thinks is best and I believe that every single thing happens for reasons. Does that make me naive or wise, I’ll let you be the judge of that. What inspired this you might be dying to know? Well a country song that has been replayed on my playlists three times by now this morning alone, Mysteries of the World by Walker McGuire. It’s all about how things happen and it all seems to make sense, eventually.
I think we meet people on purpose, I genuinely think everyday God intentionally created a story that He placed me right in the middle of. I don’t believe in coincidence. An example? I know God gave me a job at Fox Valley Christian Action, to prepare me for the World Race, way before I knew the World Race was even a thing.
I believe I have had my heart broken over people to better prepare me for the one day I get to look the love of my life in the eyes and know without a doubt how to love them well. I believe that I have been through some hard things like assault and addiction so I can connect with people regardless of not looking alike or might not have grown up alike; that two completely opposite people can connect on something that makes one another feel a little less alone. I intentionally chose to think this way, because I believe in a God that perfectly places things together.
Papa knows every detail of our futures, He has planned our entire lives down to the very second until we will meet Him in eternity. So how can we not believe that He has divine reason for every little thing that happens to us, around us and for us? I choose to believe in the faith that comes with following Papa’s plan for my life. He is constantly showing me why things happen, He reminds me to search for all the Why’s in the great I am’s plan for my life.
It’s not that I get wrapped up in the why’s and I always need to know why things happen, because that also goes back to the whole patience and waiting concept I wrote about yesterday. It’s not that I need to know the why’s and I need to know them when I want to know them, it just gives me peace finding the why amongst all the hard things, amongst all the chaos.
I want to challenge you to look for your why, why you do things, why you think some things happen and maybe look for what Papa is trying to prepare your heart for. The choice is really up to you, but to many things have happened to me and made sense later in life that it’s impossible to think of God as careless. He is a purposeful God and that makes so much sense to me in this season of my life.
He has given me way too much for me to ever believe in coincidences. He has perfectly placed my life together in such a way that makes me fall back in love with Him every minute He reveals something new to me. I’m head over heals in love with this life because I truly know how intentionally He has prepared me for it.
Love you all and so does He,
MacKenzie
