Nooma!(:

So we watched this video at small group on Friday... and I think it was one of those things where after you watch it or listen to it you think, "Wow, that was EXACTLY what I needed to hear". We talked about the video after and one of the discussion questions was, "do you ever think to yourself, if I just had this one thing then I would be happy?". Honestly... I do that everyday. The thing I hope for may not always be the same, but there is always something. This video just really got me thinking though... Maybe God hasn't given me what ever that one thing is yet because He knows it's not right for me right now. I so often find myself looking for instant satisfaction and not wanting to wait for things to happen... I don't want to trust in God's plan if it means having to wait. Shouldn't it be that I should ALWAYS trust in God's plan, even if his timing doesn't always match up with mine? I know that in the past He has definitely proven to me that the plan He has for me is so much better than anything I could dream of... and definitely more fulfilling than the plans I have for myself. That is one thing I really want to work on from now on... I want to stop thinking in terms of "if i only had that I would be happy with my life" and just enjoy the life God has given me, knowing that He has such amazing things awaiting me. I need to open my eyes to see the ways I have been so blessed in my life and to remember that God's grace and love is enough (:

Wounded and forsaken, I was shattered by the fall. Broken and forgotten, feeling lost and all alone... Summoned by the King into the Master’s courts; lifted by the Savior and cradled in His arms... I was carried to the table, seated where I don’t belong. Carried to the table swept away by His love, and I don’t see my brokenness anymore when I’m seated at the table of the Lord.