For the past week, I have been asking the Lord about his plans for me. The Lord says: " I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" Jeremiah 29:11. Therefore, I have taken him at his word. I continually asked for specifics. I wanted details, and yet there were no answers. Possibilities came along, which made me wondered if this was the path to take. I was encouraged and motivated, yet I felt uncertain. Is this really it? So I decided to stop asking, and thought as to why I was so obsessed regarding plans in the first place. I realized that my desire for knowledge, for details, for answers was based on control, rather than on actually wanting to know what the Lord had plan. You may ask, control??? What is it that she wants to control? Control is directly related to fears. If I am able to control, I minimize fears. Which fears? Isolation, loneliness, the possibility of getting hurt. So once I faced my fears, I stopped asking for details. I do not know what the Lord wants, I have no idea which are his plans for me, but I have rested on Psalm 34:14 "I, Eva, sought the Lord and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears".
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