Find the Good

The past few weeks in my household have been a little bit of a whirlwind of craziness. It's not worth going into all tthe details of what's been going on. What I want to touch on is how I've been learning to find the good in everything.

If you look hard enough (though sometimes, I'll admit, it is hard to find the good) you will always find something good in each situation.

For instance, the other day, I got online to check our account with a company to see what this months bill was coming to. When I logged on, my heart sank. It said we owed $790.24. Now, I knew that that amount was wrong. Completely wrong. But I have had to deal with this company before and knew I could get the bill down....but I also knew that it would take hours and hours. I spent, over a period of about two weeks, calling, talking, waiting on hold, talking and waiting on hold some more. At one point, one of the numerous phone calls got disconnected on accident somehow. I was soooo upset. But here is what happened next. When I called back, I told the lady what I needed and she just transferred me to a billing specialist. He had the authority to take my bill all the way down to even less than what we really owed. He did it as a favor, and blessing, for all my trouble and time.

So you see, I should have just trusted that God had a plan for that phone call to get disconnected (btw, I was getting absolutely nowhere with the person before) and to get me to someone who was going to be able to bless me beyond what my expectations were.

I know it is hard to trust God sometimes. It's human nature to want to control things. We want to know the results of our work. But I've noticed time and time again that when I control my life, it goes awry. Nothing ever works out. But when I relax, let go and let God be Who He is great at being; Awesome, Provider, Miracle Worker, and on and on and on, then my life is full of blessings and joy. I'm not saying there won't be struggles, like I had the other day with my bill. I remember leaning back, burying my head into my hands and just crying, "God, please help!" It was that simple little prayer that brought peace. I was able to pick up the phone, call back and look what He did! He got me to the person I really needed to be talking to.

We all have times, probably every single day, that we run into something unexpected, and we have a choice. We can either be frustrated, angry, and upset, and try to take control of the situation ourselves. Or we can turn to God, ask for His help and let Him guide our steps.

I also want to touch on one last thing really fast. We cannot expect God to turn every situation around to what we would like. We also have to trust that if something doesn't go our way, and doesn't "work out" that God has a plan. He sees the ultimate outcome, not us. So we also have to trust that He knows and will take care of us. There are reasons He does things. It's not that suddenly He's against us. It's that He sees the ultimate outcome and will do what is best for us. It's part of trusting Him!!! I'm looking forward to going to Heaven and sitting at His feet while He shows me my life and how He orchestrated everything. All the times I felt like I was walking alone, He's going to show me how He was carrying me. All the times I've wondered why He let me go through this or that, He's going to show me how He orchestrated it for my good. I'm looking forward to Him being able to show me how much good He was able to do through me, because of what I went through.

So keep trusting and allow God to show you the good in what He has planned.