When life doesn't go according to plan

For the past couple of days, I've been a tad restless and not really feeling at peace.  Last night I decided to pray about how I have been feeling and really lay it out there with God. I also read one of my devotionals by Joyce Meyer to try to shake the feeling. I was a tad bit behind in some of my devotionals from the month of July, so I went back in the archives to read one that I had missed.  The topic for the devotional was called "When Life Doesn't Go According to Plan".

There's a saying that goes "if you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans".  There are many scriptures that instruct us that God already has our lives planned out and all we must do is trust Him that the way things are going have already been laid out and that everything will work out in the end. 

I can't even begin to count how many times I have felt like I needed to "help God" along with speeding up things that I wanted to happen in my life. I also can't even begin to tell you how many times those things I felt like I needed to get involved in blew up in my face and turned out to be not as pleasant or wonderful as I had hoped they would be. 

Last night while reading the devotional, I decided to share a passage on Instagram and add a caption under the passage (my own two cents).  As I created the post and added my caption, I felt like what I had to say would really help someone, but I must admit, I struggled to accept and really believe wholeheartedly these things for myself and my own situations. Here is the post:

Ok let me clarify a few things. I do believe what I have written here, bu as I was hoping to help someone else, my words were ministering to me.  I believe God wants the best for me and I believe He won't withhold any good thing that He has already declared is meant for me! I do struggle with waiting patiently while I'm trusting His timing. I try very hard to be patient, but I'm oftentimes extremely anxious and want things when I want them. I guess that's human nature for a lot of us. 

I am, however, working on all of this. I try to find an opportunity to exercise my patience in any situation that I can. I was also listening to Joyce Meyer on YouTube one day and she did a sermon on patience and trusting God (right on time for me!).  In that sermon, she said "patience is not the ability to wait. It's how you act while you wait. Patience is a fruit of the spirit and it only grows and develops under trail." Whew!! Ain't that the truth!!! 

When I woke up this morning, I felt an increased sense of peace. I felt so ready to seize the day and I felt amazing! I then went on to do today's mediation with Oprah and Deepak followed by an amazing, yet strenuous workout at the local high school track! 

I think it's normal to get a little antsy with life sometimes, but it's always comforting to just stop, relax, breathe, and spend some time in fellowship with God. I feel like I'm back on track now and ready to just trust in His timing because I know deep down in my soul, I won't be disappointed!

How do you deal when life is not going the way you planned?