And it is still good.
Five years of blogging for "His Purpose, Not My Plans" and somehow the title still startles me a little every time I see the page. Perhaps you think by now I have a really strong understanding of the concept that the Lord's plans are better than mine and I never doubt Him. Alas, I'm here to tell you that I do not, in fact, always grasp that concept well. But Alana , you may ask , how? why? Because, my friends, I love set boundaries and limits, and being in control, and assuming that I know how everything is going to play out. And, in the spirit of vulnerability: I really, really, love to think that I know always best. But here is the shocking, hard, cold truth. I don't always know best. I am consistently shocked when the Lord doesn't do what I think He should do. He pushes past the limits that I have set for Him, He puts people in my life that I don't think should be there, throws me into situations I don't think I should be put int...