"THE FUTURE"

Physics, mediums, card readers, fortune tellers...have you seen the commercials daily bombarding our televisions. I was thinking of how I see these ads and I know they are false, I know they can't tell the future, but what about the minds of our children and other children who don't know the truth. Is a seed being planted there? Do they know these people can't tell the future?

The future is unknown, it is a vast uncharted sea. Life is a journey and along the road there are roses, thorns, bumps, valleys and mountains. There are joys and sorrows and lessons to be learned. Sometimes we think we have it all planned out, but tomorrow's story is only known to God. He alone knows and understands what tomorrow holds for each of us. He is in control and He will not let anything come our way that He knows we can't handle. As I seek Him, He is leading me into a deeper understanding and I feel more secure in every area of my life than I ever have.

As we travel this journey into tomorrow, sometimes we get these totally unexpected joys, sometimes we lose loved ones and have unbearable pain, sometimes we plan and then tomorrow comes and we never accomplish the plan. Sometimes we move mountains and sometimes we are in the valley of despair. The comfort I have in all this is that God is in control. I may plan, but His plan is greater. I go through life and He is leading me, He is growing me, He is using me for a greater plan. I rest in the fact that He is there and that is all that matters. He will pick me up if I fall. He alone can make the crooked paths straight and He said if I trust in Him and acknowledge Him, He will make my path straight.

So when prayers are unanswered and another day comes, I know that He knows better than me and He is allowing this thing to continue for a reason. Perhaps I am being strengthened or maybe the person or situation I am praying for may need to go through what they are going through. All I know is...God sees the whole picture, I don't. He knows what needs to be done and He sees and He is aware. All I have to do is remember is He knows tomorrow's story before tomorrow ever gets here. He is in control and He alone has complete understanding. The answer to my prayer may not come in the way I expect. Sometimes it might hurt, sometimes it might seems endless, but one thing is for sure, He holds the future, no one else does.