A few months ago I read "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years" by Donald Miller. (Y'all should probs read it) It is a great read. Pretty much it is about living a great story, letting God author our lives. I wrote a few posts about it back when I was reading it so feel free to go back and read those. But I have recently revisited that theme in my life; living a great story and letting the author write the pages.
I just graduated college which is insane really. But as happy as I am to be a graduate, I am terrified for what the future brings. In the book Miller talks about how we, the characters, often try to write our own pages, we hijack the story from the author. We write our own chapters and mess up the story God wants us to actually live. He of course will alter the path and still author a great story IF we allow him too.
Right now I want to take over my story, I want to write the next chapter. I want to be in control of where I live and where I teach/if I teach, all that fun stuff. But I know that the Lord is going to write a great story. But uncertainty is scary. Not knowing what the next chapter holds in unsettling to me. But recently I have been repeatedly reminded of God's grace and his amazing ability to author our lives. Monday night at my church's Young Adult service our pastor shared how Moses, one of the greatest figures in the Old testament, how he himself did not want to let God author his life at first. He wanted someone else to be chosen. He ended up accepting the task and the rest was history.
That is just one example of the importance of letting God write our stories. As I look to my future, I have no clue what it holds and yes, that is scary. I don't know if I will be in Toledo or Hamilton. I don't know a lot of things, but I do know that it's in the Lord's hands and that in the end is all that matters.
"I will not fear the war. I will not fear the storm. My help is on the way"
Love y'all
Opher
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