I can't really remember when it was that God gave it to me, maybe 9/10 years ago, but I got it so very clearly - God's Plan is Perfect. I think the first place I shared that phrase was on Facebook - you know, where everyone else shares their stuff. It quickly became my consistent hashtag along side almost every post; other friends started to reference me when they too would use it; and I even got it painted on a wall in my house.
I knew from an early age that God always had His hand on my life; I've experienced some things early on in life that I know only God could have been with me to get through. And yet, God wanted me to know for sure that those childhood circumstances were all part of His Perfect Plan for my life.
So today, meaning TODAY as you are reading this I am currently walking through the most difficult season of my entire life. This situation is indescribable; it's a God-sized problem - much too big and heavy for me to carry and try to fix myself. And believe me when I tell you, I have tried, and tried, and tried some more to fix it - but I can't, because I'm not God.
In my trying so hard to fix it, God has most definitely asked me, "Do you really believe that My Plan is Perfect, or is that just a hashtag Ronda?" I've wrestled with that because I know, I've experienced, I've witnessed what it looks like to simply trust God's Plan...and yet I wrestle (present tense) with exactly what God's Plan could be for this thing right here. I have no idea what God is doing, I have questioned why, and more specifically how is this going to work out (how I want it to) for my good?!?! But you see those words in parentheses? The "how I want it to", yeah that part does not have anything to do with what God's Plan is - and often times that is what makes it so hard to trust His Plan for my life.
However, everyday I try to surrender a little more of what my will is for God's will, because I know for sure - God knows the end, because He's already there. All I have to do is walk it out in faith and trust because His Plan is Perfect - it really is.
When God told me to design the God's Plan is Perfect - Your Journey to Truth journal, He was specific about the details: from the design, to which translation of the Bible to use, who to partner with to bring this weekly devotional to life (Hi Michelle and Tamica) and everything in between. I tried my absolute best to follow those instructions to a tee. My hope is as you use your journal and read these devotionals you will know that no matter what life's situations may be that God has gently planned everything that happens, all events, in the past, the very present, and what's to come with the sole purpose being for your good.
So let's walk this walk together shall we? Looking to what is true; What God says about you and me and those Perfect Plans He has for our lives; How having a tiny bit of pure faith can move those circumstance mountains; To trust that God is good at being God; that He loves us in ways that we simply can't imagine; and How the true joy of the Lord really is where we find our strength.
