"Don't Worry, Be Happy!"

     Most people like to say they have their life figured out. I was one of those people.. I was going to go to college, have a beautiful marriage and a job I loved. That was my plan.. I'm pretty sure I had it planned down to the minute. But then things changed..situations were no longer so perfectly coinciding with my plan. My plan I had for my life had been thrown completely off track and I didn't understand . Then, I realized it was never MY plan to make.  God created a plan for our lives before we even had life. 
       Sometimes we feel like things are falling apart when really God is trying to mold our plan according to His. While it may be some of the hardest times in our lives we will be so thankful for them in the future. This may seem like the perfect time to be angry with God for messing up what you thought was the perfect plan but this is the time you need Him more than ever.
     The day I started praying for His guidance and His will to be done in my life was the day I saw things start to turn around. It's one of the most difficult things to put your entire life into His hands but it's the best decision you could ever make! We serve such a loving God that only wants to pour His wisdom and love into our lives. So, when it seems as if things are falling apart a lot of time it's just God asking us to let Him in!
         The best part is God tells us not to worry or be anxious! Only God's shoulders are broad enough to carry your worry. So don't worry through this time, just be happily patient while God works in your life!

• Philippians 4:6-7

  Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

~~Xoxo~~

Finally it's the weekend..time for rest?

Be Still

Imagine you’re sitting at lunch with your old high school friends conversing after so much time that only feels like mere days have past. You sip your sweet tea silently as you hear laughter and gossip of the latest relationship or excitement of summer travel plans. The attention is turned toward you to tell what’s new in your life; the silence continues. If you know me my whole life has been pretty much mapped out by the minute and full of struggles to fit everything in lately, its’ been the complete opposite.” Maybe I can talk about what I’ve pinned on Pinterest lately or my new dress?” That accounting test coming up? No, I sit there in silence.

For once in my life I’m completely still.

I was the kid who constantly left my pink mat to ask when naptime was over so I could get up and go play (which now I question that decision) but I’ve always wanted to be constantly busy. So, now I have all this time on my hands and nothing to do with it. I began to pray for God to send me something to occupy my time and I received no response. God wasn’t giving me the silence treatment as I have been giving Him he was answering my question in his own glorious way. I prayed for a worldly thing to occupy my time and my Father wants me to spend time with Him instead. It’s so easy to go to a Christian school, get cute for chapel, sing a few songs and go on with you week only opening your bible to do a quick devotion before bedtime. God cleared out my schedule to have room for Him to step in. It wasn’t a coincidence that everyone seemed to be busy all of a sudden or school slowed down it was all a part of His plan. This is one of those times when I just looked up and smiled and told my God congratulations, you got me this time. Sometimes it takes that for us to focus our eyes back to our maker, it’s a wake up call. I wish I could say I was sinless and didn’t need that reminder but I’m so thankful for the cross so that I can be forgiven for that sin. Maybe God is sending some way and needs me as a witness….perhaps He’s sending me on a new journey in the future and wants to spend time with me before it…I don’t know. I’m just so excited to spend more time with my heavenly Father!!  

May you find rest and peace in your walk with Christ.

Xoxo, The Girl In a Polo and Pearls

Hebrews 4: 9-11 “Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.”