His Beautiful World

 I arrived at the Assisted Living Home to see my folks happily enjoying their new independent living apartment. Mom said the scrambled eggs at breakfast were the second best she'd ever had. (The best were my scrambled eggs, but pretend I didn't tell you that since it is boasting.) They had a doctor appointment mid-morning, so while they were gone, I walked down the road.

 As though the blessing of my parents having miraculously landed in a wonderful apartment filled with wonderful staff and caretakers were not enough, guess what I found not three minutes away? A spectacular botanical garden, with a good half-mile loop filled with bunnies, waterfalls, and flowers. I felt like I'd died and gone to heaven as I wandered for an hour over the paths.

My Bible study in the morning was about how little we all like adversity, and the resulting havoc and change. However, the writer pointed out that sometimes, what looks like disaster points us in a direction or to a vision we would never have encountered otherwise.

I would agree. Proverbs 3:5-6 says:

5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,

And lean not on your own understanding;

6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,

And He shall direct your paths. 

  

I doubt I am alone in wanting to direct my own paths. It is easy to forget that my perspective is limited. There are paths I could never imagine, so far outside my experience, knowledge, and understanding that I would never walk them on my own. It is scary to trust and let go of  my will to submit to His...but oh, what a beautiful world He has made for me. How could I not trust Him to lead me where He wants me to go?
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Psalm 32:8 

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

Psalm 37:23 

The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way;

Jeremiah 29:11 

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.