Did you ever notice that the best things in life tend to be the ones we don't expect? Those times that you didn't plan but worked out perfectly. A road less traveled that brings you to a sight of infinite beauty. The person that walks into your life when you weren't even looking up.
I have been blessed with amazing people in my life. They touch me in ways I can't even begin to describe. Some are just there for a moment. Or there only for moments I need them. Others are constants - holding fast moored to us as the storm pounds away at our will. There to celebrate both the pleasant and tragic.
My life so far this year has been a lesson in expectations. Or, at least, a lesson in unexpectations. Because I put very few constraints on what I expected to happen. For the most part I have let God take the wheel. He still chastises me when I don't give full control, so I'm learning. And I've found that what he's given me is so much more than I could have ever imagined.
This weekend is no exception. I had plans. Changed them at the last minute. Found myself going completely off the beaten path (literally). What I found was so much more special than I could have asked for. Different in a good way. Very good. Not what I had pictured in my head for this weekend. But as usual, He guided me to where I was supposed to be at that moment. Maybe for longer than a moment.
So, I will continue to leave my life in His hands. He knows the plan. Who am I to question it? Besides, I'm just painting with finger paints. God has the oil paints and is in the process of sketching out a masterpiece for me :)
Very nice. Glad you are enjoying life.
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