"On my way home today, I was thinking..."

For those of you who don't know me -- or much about me -- i am a thinker. Not just your normal thinker either. Nope. I think hard -- so hard sometimes I wear myself out thinking. So, as you can imagine the beginning to this is "On my way home today, I was thinking..." but bear with me, I don't think it will wear you out to much:). 

On my way home today, I was thinking that when I have my own home I want it to be a place of warmth -- a refuge -- a place people can come and just hang out to get away from life and be around a family that loves each other (and of course enjoy a meal or at least some cookies:)).  Why is that such a big deal right now? It's not, it's just what I was thinking about on the way home today.  But, in all seriousness I say that because I only have ideas of directions my life could take. But how do you figure out what path your life is suppose to take? Obedience. Listen to the voice of God. Seek His face. One step at a time. Trial and error. All answers we have heard before -- and I'm not about to say anything different -- because they are all true. So the real question becomes how do you get your heart and your mind and your soul to harness that as truth and for crying out loud to stop thinking about it and just enjoy every moment of the experience?!?!  Well. You could do some yoga and drink some tea. Or, you could still yourself before the Lord (with a cup of tea:)) and release all of those crazy thoughts and dreams that you have in His presence digging through His word.  I know what you are thinking. "I've heard that a thousand times."  Well, have you tried it? Or, are you to good for that? Forgive me for being harsh but I'm being harsh because I frequently find myself in the mindset of "I've got this under control. I know what I want. I'm going to get it."  But the truth is I don't have anything under control -- that's why my life becomes overwhelming-- I try to plan too much for the future. When I come back to the place of the Lord, in humility, realizing once again that I am a child of grace and I can do nothing on my own but everything in my life is a gift of His grace -- well, the Lord, Jehovah Jireh (the Lord will provide), begins to put all the pieces of the puzzle in place and life starts to come together -- the Lord does provide...for real.  It takes a life committed to obedience -- just like Abraham was obedient to the Lord's plan of sacrificing Isaac, we must be obedient to the voice of the Lord.  He may not be calling us to sacrifice a child, but He is speaking to us in some way -- through opportunities, through experience, through others -- and we must be obedient to Him.  And then, just like the Lord provided a lamb so Isaac wasn't sacrificed -- the Lord will fill in the missing pieces. Oh the beauty of His grace. How wonderful. 
On His adventure <3
Laurlee