Lately I’ve been struggling with planning & trusting the future. I drag myself through these phases quite often. Most would say I am a hopeful person… which mostly I am… I like to see the best in people and in each situation. However, many times I am plagued with attempting to plan out my future (sinful nature- not trusting God’s will) and create this imaginary “picture” of how I think it will be. (Come on, what girl doesn’t?) Considering that I’m a realist optimist- I can be extremely hopeful, but toss in a side of reality... and this essentially leads to negative thoughts and hopelessness. Recently I’ve been getting a blurry picture…. or multiple pictures I should say. It could be this way… or maybe that way…or no, definitely this way. It all goes back to my habitual worrying, grasping, and dependence on worldly things. The last verse I list (1 Cor.) describes my thoughts perfectly and provides hope.

“…the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seeds sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop – thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown.”

Mark 4:19-20

We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!

The Message
I Corinthians 13:12