Commit thy works into Jehovah, and thy purposes shall be established. –Proverbs 16:13

It’s too true; every time we try to do things on our own there is a 50/50 chance that we will fail. Even if we succeed the accomplishment wont be as great as it would have been if we had included God.

Make your life easier, pray before you proceed to take on a new task. Once you’ve prayed, take the task on with vigor knowing it will be in the hands of the almighty.

Don’t waste your time and health on the stress of doing things without God; if He wants it to happen it will happen, and if He doesn’t want it to happen there isn’t anything you can do to change that.

Take heart though, even if what you want isn’t what God has planned, what He gives you in exchange will be far more wonderful than anything you could have imagined.

We have all had times where we feel lost. Lost about our job, lost about our relationships, even lost about our connection with God. In these times it’s easy to wander about searching for answers and trying to find God’s purpose. Like Stitch in Lilo and Stitch, we can find ourselves searching for a place we belong, for a family. It’s normal to be confused about our purpose because it’s something that God holds tenderly in His hands and we don’t always see how where we are or what we are doing helps on our given life path. It’s easy to feel as though we are slipping and there is no one around to catch us; but God is always there reaching out His hand. Don’t think that you are the only one who is questioning your purpose, many people are and all people have done so at some time. God does not leave us purposeless; He gives us a purpose and a belonging. We belong in the family of God as His chosen children, and our purpose is to do whatever it is we are doing right now, because it is what God wants us doing right now. And what we are doing right now has a purpose of it’s own in helping make our future.

Today I found an old photograph of me, as usual, looking up at the sky. There was so much wonder in watching the seagulls soar higher and higher until they were specs in the glassy blue of a summer afternoon. As a child I was always looking up, knowing that something better was around the bend; and I am sure that many adults will remember feeling the same way as a child, but when did that stop? Today I had a disappointment that felt like a kick in the chest and I found myself saying, “that’s because it can’t happen, this is one thing God will never provide.” As I walked through the day my head was low and I was looking at the ground, filled with my discouraging, self badgering thoughts, and then I found that photograph. There I was staring at the sky with my eyes fixed on possibilities. When did I stop doing that? Why was one small thing making me feel like God had packed up and left? God hadn’t changed from yesterday when I was running around the yard laughing with my dog. I had. This simple disappointment had made me doubt God, it had made me watch the ground instead of the sky. God is always there for us no matter how we feel. He may not have provided for us what we desired today, but He will someday. My grandfather always says, “take sustenance from the hope of things yet to come.” I don’t know if that’s an original statement, but it’s one I hold dear and sometimes have a very hard time applying to my life. But it’s true, and feeling down and worrying isn’t going to change the outcome of what has or has not happened, it just makes us take our eyes off of God. He is the only one who can provide and satisfy. So when we desire or need we must fix to God and not be shaken off by discouraging thoughts. We need to be happy in who God is and in what He will do. Someday.