God's Will
Last week I ordered a few clothing items online. With each passing day that they didn't arrive, I kept checking back via the tracking number to see were the parcels were located. Each time I would be a little bit disappointed because it didn't seem like they were any closer to my house. As I was thinking on my little packages this morning, I had this thought of God's will. I thought to myself, How many times do I pray and ask God, "Oh please let this package come" or, "Please make the rain stop", OR "Lord, please let this sickness pass." Many many times I have cried those little prayers out to God, but like the human that I am, I try to keep a grasp of "control" on the outcome. In other words, not fully surrendering that outcome to God. I would put so much pressure on that very little thing that I requested, and if it didn't come to pass, well then something's wrong, right? Not so. I've realized (again and again) that ...