I Can't Wait to See What God's Going To Do Next

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 Some predetermined goal is not the purpose of a faith-based life;  wander, wander, wander-- i did that for so many years until 2007.  i began to stay in one place for a long time.  i never thought i'd be in Massachusetts for 16 years!  Usually it had been two years here, five years there.  Gracious uncertainty is the mark of a spiritual life.  Makes things more fun.  i could throw commonsense right out the door at this point in my life.  i have no idea what to expect or what's going to be just around the corner.  Except for God.  Halleluiah!

i can't wait to see what God's going to do next!  Thank You, Abba, for letting me have doubts about whether or not i can handle whatever is behind Door #3. Perhaps that's by Your design so that i can only depend on the sure thing and i know that's You.  The nature of everything in which i am involved in a life with You in it is only understood clearly after i've lived through it.  So i suppose that the greatest reward i can receive in Heaven would be obtaining the wisdom to know all purposes for all the things You've put me through.

God use me as You see fit, even if that means as a hidden person who isn't in the spotlight.  There are so many in the spotlight who deserve to be there and who are serving You well.  And i appreciate that.  A self-assured saint is of no value to God--if i have the inspiration of the visions of God, i have more that i can experience.

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