A friend made a comment in passing a few weeks ago about giving God a blank page of your life. That has been stuck in my mind ever since, repeating itself over and over.
So often, I tell God I want to do His will, IF His will includes *insert activity I can't miss here.* If His will means missing something I want to do, I'm upset.
I'll pray and ask God to tell me what He wants with my life, but I assume it will include an activity I'm currently in. I'm taking Spanish, so God must want me to end up in South America. I'm in debate, so maybe I'll do some sort of public speaking. I love kids, so I'm probably be a teacher- and so my thoughts go.
A completely blank page is nearly incomprehensible to me. To say to God, "Here is a BLANK PAGE of my life," is hard for me. I like to be in control, to know what's going on, to have things planned out.
I need to give Him a completely blank page. Free of MY hopes and dreams, my "commitments," my friends- for Him to fill with HIS hopes and dreams for me.
2 comments:
Good stuff, good stuff.
(For realz!)
I find blank pages fascinating. What will be written here? Timeless words of wisdom? What will be drawn or painted? A masterpiece?
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