I often tease my husband about his poor pattern recognition; I once had to help him take a personality test about his own life. But lately I have realized how poor my own pattern recognition is. This afternoon as I was sitting outside the hotel reading, I realized that I have lived most of my life at a level of safety and comfort unheard of in most of the world. I have never had to worry if I would have a warm place to sleep, food to eat or clothes to wear. After all the years of knowing the blessing of God's care for me, why do I doubt Him whenever things get hard? Have I not recognized the pattern by now? Will an omniscient God forget me? The omnipotent One drop me? Can an immutable God suddenly lose interest in those He claimed as His own?
I am not sorry for asking for prayer when things at home got hard last week, but I do feel stupid for doubting God's plan again. This trip, which I was afraid would be ruined by our change in plans, turned out to be more enjoyable because of it. I am relaxed in a way I never could have been if God followed my plans instead of His. God's way works again. Who knew? Well, I should have, if I didn't have such poor pattern recognition.
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