Like any family dinner, dinner conversation can be interesting. Our family talks about anything and everything, and usually the topic of my love life comes into conversation. My dad thinks I spend to much time trying to find my prince charming and less time working at the family restaurant, so not true haha! After my family discussed my prince charming pursuit, I proudly told my dad, ”I am not going to get married, it is just to much work trying to find the right one. And I don’t want to have to leave you and Mom. I will just stay single.”
I find the most profound things are said at the most unlikely of times.
After telling my dad I wanted to stay single, he said, “It’s not up to you. There is a plan, and everything happens for a reason.”
My dad reminded me that God has a perfect plan for my life. If He plans for me to find a Godly man to marry, then I will be married. If he plans for me to stay single, than I will stay single. But, my dad’s advice doesn’t just apply to this situation. God has a plan for every detail of our lives, and we can’t make the mistake of trying to take over and make our own plans. I am not in charge and my planning is useless when God already has everything planned out.
I am so grateful to have such wonderful parents. They are always there to remind me of God’s love and His plan for my life.
”‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’”
Jeremiah 29:11
Hello Sarah!
What a blessing you have in your father (and familiy). May the Lord bless you and your family richly, making all HIS plans for you come to fruition in every way!!
Isn’t is wonderful to know that we don’t have to labor so hard to find out what to do? God is faithful and will lead us on His path if we but surrender to Him.
Love in Christ,
Natalie
Hi Natalie,
Thanks for reading and commenting! God is so good! I am so grateful that He has everything planned out. Praying I seek Him and the plans He has for me.
Blessings,
Sarah