God's plan

I had someone tell me the other day that she had no idea that I was a writer. Well, I'm not strictly a writer in that I've never had a burning desire to write a novel (and still don't) or publish a poem, nor have I disciplined myself in the past to write on a daily basis. I am finding, however, as I go through my old notebooks and papers how much I've actually jotted down over the years. I suppose if one reads as much as I do, it's bound to express itself somehow; all those words and phrases and ideas percolating for so long. At any rate, today's post was found loose in the bag in which I haul around a bunch of those old notebooks and journals, and like the majority of my scribbling, it's not dated although it's safe to say it was written within the past two years. It's on a piece of lavender paper, a church bulletin insert, as a matter of fact, printed with the words "Who has God been to you recently?" (and then it said to return it to the church office, which I obviously did not do!).

"God is always in control & God is never surprised. No matter what has occurred in my life or in my family's circumstances, God is sovereign & He ordained events from the very beginning. He is not surprised or shocked by what happens to His children because He is the Ancient of Days who holds my life in His hands & who has allowed my life to affect those around me so that I may reflect His glory & His awesome power. 'Then Job replied to the Lord, "I know that You can do all things, no plan of Yours can be thwarted." ' "