Removing the 'shades' to uncover truth...

These past couple weeks God has really been dealing with me and my thoughts towards dating, marriage, my husband, and ultimately my future. I know I'm not the only one that, at one point or another, had their entire future planned out. From the number of children you would have, their names, what your wedding would be like, what you would do for a living, what your husband would be like, etc. I could go on and on with our ideas of our future but in reality what does it really matter? I suggest an alternative, let all your plans go! That's right, forget about what you think you want, what you think is best, what you think you deserve! In 2 Cor 5:17 it says "This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!" There are also several other places throughout the bible where it says something about 'The old life is gong'. I believe if we spent more time with God we would realize that the old life isn't only things you use to do; i.e. smoking, drinking, fornicating, hustling, running the streets, etc. When God says "your old life is gone" He is referring to your old habits, your old way of thinking, you old desires, your old wants, everything about your old life is done with. Now don't get me wrong I still want things from my old life...I still want to be married one day, I still want to have children, I still have things I want to accomplish. The difference now is, God comes first. I no longer think about or worry about what my husband will be like because I know He will be God's best for ME!!! I'd much rather trust in God than lean on my own image of a "what could be." Do i wanna get married one day, yes!! But not to the point where I'l go chasing after a man, not to the point where i'll let MY idea's of what my future should look like consume my thinking. I will not turn my back on God, while running after a what if. After all everything happens in God's timing and when its my turn NOBODY will be able to stop it because God is in control. So in the mean time i choose to chase after God! I choose to surrender all my thinking and all my life to Him! I choose to have the 'for you I live, for you I die' mentality consume me! I choose to put my wants and thoughts of whats best for me on the back burner because now I have someone who KNOWS whats best for me! Who knows what I want, but loves me enough to ignore what I want and give me what I NEED! Take time out of your day to thank God for giving you what you need! Take time out to switch your focus from what you think is best to doing what God tells you to do and know that He will take care of what you need! God has our best interest at heart, He knows what is best for us! Take off the shades that dim the truth in your life and realize all you need to figure out is your place in God's kingdom. Let Him figure out the rest!