When Things Don't Go As Planned

So, my plan was to compose a blog post on a weekly basis. I had set goals for myself and worked out a scheduled. I limited my other commitments so I could make sure to set aside time to work on it. I had even worked on a few blogs in advance in case inspiration waned or schedules got busy.

I was excited and ready to go! For a few weeks I posted consistently, and then it happened... My computer got messed up. I still haven't figured out what actually happened. I simply was not able to access my blog site. It would freeze every time or every time I clicked on a page or post it would just ask if I wanted to sign in again and go back to reloading the first page. I couldn't click on any of my posts. After a few weeks (OK months) of trying to access it to no avail and finally able to have my husband take a look to see what was wrong, I'm finally back!

Sometimes things in our lives don't go the way we plan. As a busy mom, my life can be quite hectic. More often than not, things don't go as planned. Whether its not getting a good nights sleep, or a dirty diaper, or an unexpected phone call, or burning dinner because I was dealing with sibling rivalry or getting the kids ready to go somewhere only for one of them to spill something on their clothes.

Life is full of interruptions and circumstances WAY beyond our control. But it is in those moments, we have a choice of how we're going to respond. It is in those moments when the faith we claim to have, is put to the test. Do we really trust God? Do we really love Him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength? Is He really the Lord of our life, or are we going to allow our circumstances to be the dictator? We ALWAYS have a choice.  We can either run to God, or run from Him. We can either become bitter, or we can become better. We can respond in frustration and anger, or we can respond with grace. It is in those critical moments of the everyday interruptions and interactions that we prove to ourselves whether our faith is genuine or not.

1 Peter 1:6-7 "In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, my be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ."