Wow! What can I say? How can I not start a sentence without my “signature word”?Thursday was another amazing day; it is the day I turned 37. Another birthday to reflect back on the past year and remember some amazing things God has given me and has taught me. One of the most significant things I have thought of this past year is my relationship with my kids and how thankful I am that God entrusted them to me, and how much we have grown together. Lately, one of the most enjoyable things I get to do is sit with my daughter and share in her little girl movies. She has allowed me, her daddy, to enter her little world that is important to her and I have found that my presence in her life…even watching a movie with her touches her life
. Today, as she sits with me, giving my hugs and blowing kisses…I have found that her movie GIGI has taught me something about my own life. In this story, it is GiGi’s birthday and she really wants a Pinkie Star Castle, however, in her dream the King has plans to build her another castle. When she saw the plans she decided that this could not be what the King planned so she gave them the castle she wanted…after all, isn’t that what the King would want, for her to be happy? When it was finished there was a HUGE pink castle with a chocolate milk moat….which now attracted bees. It also had a bath tub that was far too big for her to sit in and the mirrors were so high she couldn’t even see herself. It was then she began to realize that the King truly knew her and knew what was best for her. That his plans had her best interest at heart and the castle He wanted to build would be perfect.
. Today, as she sits with me, giving my hugs and blowing kisses…I have found that her movie GIGI has taught me something about my own life. In this story, it is GiGi’s birthday and she really wants a Pinkie Star Castle, however, in her dream the King has plans to build her another castle. When she saw the plans she decided that this could not be what the King planned so she gave them the castle she wanted…after all, isn’t that what the King would want, for her to be happy? When it was finished there was a HUGE pink castle with a chocolate milk moat….which now attracted bees. It also had a bath tub that was far too big for her to sit in and the mirrors were so high she couldn’t even see herself. It was then she began to realize that the King truly knew her and knew what was best for her. That his plans had her best interest at heart and the castle He wanted to build would be perfect.As I look back over my own life, I can see times where I thought my plans were what God would “want” for me. I have been learning yearly, monthly, daily, every moment that God has plans for me that are His…that are what is best for me and they are not to harm me like attacking bees around a chocolate moat, but are like the trees He plants by streams of living water. Thursday I turned 37 and I am so grateful that He is in charge of my life…not me.
Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.
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