God's Got A Plan

To kill time in between two classes today, I decided to go up and visit a professor whom I haven't talked to really since I've been in the wheelchair.

Before I go any further, I realize that after reading over some of my last few posts, I gush a lot about talking with professors. Let me just say, the majority of the professors here whom I am blessed to know so well are some of the most amazing adults I have ever met. Each one brings their own talents and backgrounds into their work. I truly have so many well-respected adults in my life whom I am now blessed to call my friends.

With that being said, let me proceed with my story.

The woman whom I visited with, the director of the ELL program here, was still under the impression that I had caught a virus and that is why I couldn't walk. I corrected her and went on with the real version of the story.

She had her own diagnosis, at the age of 45. She reasurred me that it took her a while to come to terms/acceptance with it, but once she did, and found good doctors and medication, she is living a happy life again.

She also shared something about her son. He had a condition which gave him seizures. He served over seas in Afghanistan, and was planning to go again.

But, God had a different plan in mind.

He had a seizure and they would not let him go anymore. He was really upset, I guess.

But, God knew what He was doing. Her son met this woman whom he fell in love with and became engaged. That would not have happened if he had gone overseas. He never would have met this girl.

And his illnesses got better, too.

While I'm sure God has a plan for my love life and finding a woman, that's not the point of this post.

The point being that God knows what He's doing. Her son didn't see that until a while after he couldn't go.

And I am confident that He has a plan for all of this too.

Every piece of my suffering, persecution, hardship, trial, etc. Has some divine purpose.

I see somethings that I say "Oh, it DID have a purpose." Other things, I still wonder. I still doubt that I will ever be able to fathom the why of somethings.

And that's what hope and faith is all about. Diminishing those doubts and trusting that God's got a plan.