I JUST GOT MARRIED!
My wedding was beautiful.
Everything I hoped for and more!
And married life has been great.
Better than great!
I love my life.
I have an awesome job,
A loving family,
And a great church family too!
Really I have nothing to complain about.
So why the title of this blog?
Why do sometimes I wake up without a smile?
I'm going to be honest sometimes I wonder "What if"
Lets be real...dreams don't always come true.
Unfortunately we don't continually live in Disney World.
When I was kid I wanted to grow up and be a doctor and a missionary to Australia.
I definitely won't ever be a doctor and the whole being a missionary is looking more and more unlikely as time goes on.
I occasionally wonder what my life would be like if I had ...
Finished college
Waited to get married
Stayed in my home town
More money
Less fat
Ect.
Here is the thing God knows every move I make
In fact they were ordained by Him.
So when I start thinking "What if"
I start think well everything happens for a reason
I am in God's perfect will
And He must have something far better planned for my life!
The Bible says in Psalms 37:4
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. Psalms 37:25
Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
And later on in that chapter it says
And later on in that chapter it says
So why don't I have that college degree, that four bedroom, two story house with a wrap around porch and Mercedes Benz in the driveway sitting on 5 acres of land, and why don't I look like a model!
I think Isaiah 55 explains it best
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
I may never know the "what if", but I can wake up with a smile on my face knowing that God knows exactly what he is doing and by counting my blessing instead of counting the downfalls and shortcomings!
Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
I may never know the "what if", but I can wake up with a smile on my face knowing that God knows exactly what he is doing and by counting my blessing instead of counting the downfalls and shortcomings!
Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Love,
Ally
Ally
