I think God just answered a long-awaited prayer of mine in the most unexpected way, and I'd like to tell you about it. I hope it encourages someone today. 😊

 

The funny thing about life is that, well, we're just human. Despite the infinite possibilities and resources available to our all-powerful God, our narrow minds tend to see our situations in a more binary view. We try to make sense of the world by organizing, categorizing, and simplifying. We like definition. Yes or No. This or That. Good or Bad.…and that's rarely accurate, isn't it? 

 

I have been so convinced that I needed to make a choice between two paths in my life. My health is improving, and the many pieces of my pre-cancer life beckoned from afar. Teaching, making music, yoga classes, and more seemed just a little more attainable, a little more possible, than they had for a long time.

 

So, obviously, it was time to “do something," right? Why not? 🥴️

 

In my infinite wisdom (#jokes), I saw only two options. Behind Door #1: Return to classroom teaching. Behind Door #2…TBD! Everytime I cracked that door open, it was like staring down a dark hallway. I could brainstorm and organize, but never really had a huge inspiration. (I'll spare you the details, but my prayer journal full of Rory Gilmore-style Pro/Con lists can attest that…I gave it plenty of thought. And prayer. Rinse and repeat.)

 

In a previous newsletter, I described a discernment exercise. It helped me conclude that if I didn't sense an obvious path, it must just not be time. 

 

Well, friends, Door #3 just opened. You'll never guess what it provided!

 

More time. 😭 🙌 ♥️

 

While I only saw two options before me (and stewed and agonized over the insufficient nature of those options), God had something else in mind. And it was the smoothest, easiest decision. So natural that it doesn't even seem like a decision at all, just a logical progression of what I'm doing and where I am today.

 

I needed more time, and He opened a path that gave me more time.

I also had physical needs, and He provided for them.

I needed a little hope, and He presented more than one future opportunity!

 

…and best of all, He opened my eyes to see and appreciate what He had done.

 

Answered prayers may come in unexpected packages. How often have we found relief, healing, or hope outside the feeble lines we have drawn? 

 

 

I still don't know what the future holds. I am, and will always be, human. But I can rest tonight realizing anew how very loved and safe I am with my Heavenly Father. He's got this, and He's got you. Always and forever! ♥️