Trust Issues

Trusting God is hard.

Oh, I'm sorry, did I say hard?  I meant really hard.
My friends often call me a micro-manager, control freak, etc (all out of love, I'm sure).  I like to have a plan and a list of rules to follow.  I ask questions to the point of being obnoxious so that I can be absolutely certain that I am doing something the right way.  I recently spent a considerable amount of time at a coffee shop determining exactly where each of my friends would sit once they got there- and no, fifteen minutes later, no one actually sat in their designated spot.

My life is not currently going according to the plan that I've had in my head since I was 12.  I'm still living at home, I've never had a boyfriend, and I am not a famous singer. Twelve-year-old me would be appalled.

Sometimes, 19-year-old me is appalled.  Am I doing something wrong?

The answer is, no, I'm not doing something wrong just because my life isn't going according to my original plan.  Instead, God is doing something right- all the time.  Not a moment of my life has slipped through His fingers, and He has repeatedly proven his omniscient power to me.  The Lord is truly the perfect Author of life.

I know that I tend to skim through blog posts when they are too long, so I'm going to break this particular subject into 3 parts which are the most relevant to my life right now, so that they will be easier to read.  The posts will be based on that twelve-year-old's "plan gone wrong"- living at home, never had a boyfriend, and not a famous singer.  I hope that God will use my words to convey to you even more reasons that He is trustworthy.

Trusting God is hard, but it is worth it.

Part 1: Still at Home
Part 2: Never Had a Boyfriend
Part 3: Not a Famous Singer