Reason #669
Every year since I can remember, my mom and I have gone to Holiday Happenings. It's one of my favorite traditions, and it seems to be a good kick off to the holiday seasons. For the past few years, we've treated ourselves to breakfast a Cracker Barrel before heading off to shop. Breakfast is the best way to start your day, and a big breakfast gives us all the fuel we need to shop for hours. Well, today's breakfast at Cracker Barrel was pretty sentimental for me. Because two years ago, my mom and I sat in Cracker Barrel eating breakfast before going to Holiday Happenings, and I just knew that was the day God was going to change the course my life was on.
So many things were falling into place. I'm talking divine things, people. There was no mistake that God was moving in incredible ways, and I just knew this was exactly what I had been praying for. Oh, how I wish I could share with you the intimate details of that day. It would give you chills, take my word for it. This was going to be it. This day was going to be a game changer. There was no way it couldn't be. Finally, God was doing what I was expecting all along. And so that very morning, my mom and I showed up to Cracker Barrel. The hostess walked us to the back corner of the restaurant and seated us for breakfast. My heart was filled with anxiety, and of course I was too overwhelmed to eat. We ordered our food, and then we bowed our heads and we fervently prayed. Tears rolled down our cheeks as we requested and anticipated what would be taking place within a few short hours. Our food came out, and I forced down as much of it as my stomach could take. I remember being filled with peace. It was one of those days where assurance was on my side, and God made His presence so tangible to me. We quickly rushed out of the restaurant as soon as we finished our meal, and the perfect plan, or so I thought, began to unfold.
I waited all day to hear something, anything. My heart desperately hoped as I wandered up and down the aisles filled with holiday cheer. Finally, the day ended, and I was right where I had started. A day filled with hope and anticipation had ended with confusion and disappointment. All of that for nothing, it seemed. Just when I thought this was it, this was how God was going to fix everything, that I was finally getting the answer to my prayers, I got nothing.
We sat in Cracker Barrel this morning, and I just praised the Lord that I could sit there as Brittnye Davis. I thought about how the whole day played out two years ago, and I realized that God wasn't doing all of that to "fix" my problems. No, He was showing me that He was hearing my prayers. He was showing me that He was for me. And most of all, He was showing me that He was working and moving to do great things. Things far greater than my mind could ever conceive. Greater things than I had even planned on, in fact, greater things than I was even praying for. And that's the beauty of serving God. He hears us. He knows our hearts desires, and He listens to our desperate pleas. But God is not going to answer with anything other than what's absolutely best for us. The best thing for me at that time was a broken heart. The best answer, two years ago, was "no." Because two years ago, well, really from the start, God knew exactly what would be best for my life. And so God did the best thing for me, even if it was the most painful. And I just praise Him that He is more concerned about doing what's right than doing what makes us happy.
Two years ago, God began to change the course my life was on. God began to answer my prayers in monumental ways. The pieces began falling together, they just started taking on a different shape than expected. But God was doing the right thing, no doubt. The best thing, obviously. And as I came home and hugged Aaron after a long day a Holiday Happenings, I just thought to myself, "Thank you, Lord, for my husband."
#669 - Because He changed the course I was on.
"But I am trusting you, O Lord, saying, “You are my God!” My future is in your hands." - Psalm 31:14-15
So many things were falling into place. I'm talking divine things, people. There was no mistake that God was moving in incredible ways, and I just knew this was exactly what I had been praying for. Oh, how I wish I could share with you the intimate details of that day. It would give you chills, take my word for it. This was going to be it. This day was going to be a game changer. There was no way it couldn't be. Finally, God was doing what I was expecting all along. And so that very morning, my mom and I showed up to Cracker Barrel. The hostess walked us to the back corner of the restaurant and seated us for breakfast. My heart was filled with anxiety, and of course I was too overwhelmed to eat. We ordered our food, and then we bowed our heads and we fervently prayed. Tears rolled down our cheeks as we requested and anticipated what would be taking place within a few short hours. Our food came out, and I forced down as much of it as my stomach could take. I remember being filled with peace. It was one of those days where assurance was on my side, and God made His presence so tangible to me. We quickly rushed out of the restaurant as soon as we finished our meal, and the perfect plan, or so I thought, began to unfold.
I waited all day to hear something, anything. My heart desperately hoped as I wandered up and down the aisles filled with holiday cheer. Finally, the day ended, and I was right where I had started. A day filled with hope and anticipation had ended with confusion and disappointment. All of that for nothing, it seemed. Just when I thought this was it, this was how God was going to fix everything, that I was finally getting the answer to my prayers, I got nothing.
We sat in Cracker Barrel this morning, and I just praised the Lord that I could sit there as Brittnye Davis. I thought about how the whole day played out two years ago, and I realized that God wasn't doing all of that to "fix" my problems. No, He was showing me that He was hearing my prayers. He was showing me that He was for me. And most of all, He was showing me that He was working and moving to do great things. Things far greater than my mind could ever conceive. Greater things than I had even planned on, in fact, greater things than I was even praying for. And that's the beauty of serving God. He hears us. He knows our hearts desires, and He listens to our desperate pleas. But God is not going to answer with anything other than what's absolutely best for us. The best thing for me at that time was a broken heart. The best answer, two years ago, was "no." Because two years ago, well, really from the start, God knew exactly what would be best for my life. And so God did the best thing for me, even if it was the most painful. And I just praise Him that He is more concerned about doing what's right than doing what makes us happy.
Two years ago, God began to change the course my life was on. God began to answer my prayers in monumental ways. The pieces began falling together, they just started taking on a different shape than expected. But God was doing the right thing, no doubt. The best thing, obviously. And as I came home and hugged Aaron after a long day a Holiday Happenings, I just thought to myself, "Thank you, Lord, for my husband."
#669 - Because He changed the course I was on.
"But I am trusting you, O Lord, saying, “You are my God!” My future is in your hands." - Psalm 31:14-15
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