God Answers…
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In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.(Proverbs 3:6) And this one is of my own accord this morning…
I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. (Psalm 16:7) I am in a current situation in which I had no choice but to act on Proverbs 3:6 to make a decision on where I would proceed. Many of my friends are aware of my “dilemma” (as we’ve referred to it this past week) because…well there are those people in your life whose advice we seek or whose input on a matter truly affects the decision we might make. So this is where God sent me when faced with this choice of going right or left at a fork in the road of my life right now. I had to make a decision to act on something that would either take me down a potential path to emotional happiness or keep me trucking on the road to who knows where.
All I am going to say is this…..to say the least I prayed to God to please provide me some guidance on a pretty serious issue (though maybe not as serious as I thought). I feel that He gave me that guidance through the answers and advice of those friends I have consulted in the matter and I’m sure He will continue to do so through those who I may not have had a chance to talk to yet. I believe God often provides his answers and guidance through those around you who have strong influence on your decisions rather than just smacks you in the head himself. So through them He gave me the go ahead to move forward rather than walk-away.
Last night (or early this morning…cuz it was like that), in Psalm 16:7 style, God finished wrapping it up in a neat little package and slapped a big fat pretty bow on it. At about 2:30AM he handed it over to me and said….”It’s up to you to unwrap it now and see what’s inside and decide what do do with it!”
You know…the funny thing is that years ago today I might not feel so guided on a decision like this. One of my friends (yup if you are reading this that’s what I consider you) said…”You have a higher influence now (pointing upward) to help you in this that you didn’t have before!” Amen sister! 2 years ago today if I found myself in this same situation I would have made a decision based on some pretty shallow standards. Things definitely are much different now and I feel pretty good about it.
How Blessed I am to have God respond to my prayer so clearly and efficiently. He knew this situation needed an answer now or it would cause me stress and get me nowhere and have me unintentionally hurting someone else in the long run. So He made sure I got what I was looking for in the answer department. Someone told me “you’ll know…and when you know… you know!” Well….I know where I go from here, but I only know because God took care of it!
Can’t wait to see what’s going to happen next.
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