One Step to Take To Get Your Life Back

In one phone call our world shifted and our plans changed in an instant. We had envisioned our lives retiring in Honduras. No longer do we have a plan for our life. There was no Plan B for us. We walked away from a predictable future and are walking a road we didn’t want. This is not what we signed up for. We wanted to live in Honduras. We wanted to dig deep roots and develop friendships. As I write this my heart aches. It has been almost three months since we got the call, but the pain lingers. Our plans have been completely disrupted. 

Maybe today you were walking through life and suddenly a fog has settled on the path before you. You don’t know what to do. You don’t know how you can move forward when all your plans are now up in smoke. What do we do when God throws us a plot twist? 

What is my next step? 

Where do I go from here?

How will this turn out? 

The me before our sudden move from Central America would have offered you platitudes. I would have said, “trust God.” Or “Believe His promises.” Or “Read God’s word!” All of those things are true and good, but when heartache accompanies the pain of disruption those are not helpful. The way we left Honduras has left us broken, hurting, and utterly disappointed in the very people who should have been our support. 

Here is what I am telling my heart these days. I hope these truths meet you right where you are. You see, the view of my life has shifted greatly. So has my story. The shift in my story, the story God is writing for our family, has not just shifted, but has turned upside down. Inside out. My husband & I have come together and found God to be faithful. Faithful not because we see the next step, but because we know God to be true. I would love to give you five steps, but today let’s take just one, ok? I’ve found when life is upside down we can’t take more than just one step at a time. Here is your first step.

—-Remember God is Who He Says He Is—

Do we feel good? Not at all. 

Do we have a clear plan? Not even close. 

Here is what I do know: 

1. God is still good. 

2. God is still sovereign. 

To find comfort in God I need to know that He is both. If I had a God who was just in control, I would question His goodness when pain invades my heart.  If I had a God who was just good, what help is He when life is out of His control? Our God is BOTH good and in control.  This whole season has felt like we were not in control. We had no voice nor were involved in this decision. God’s authority was not overstepped. Although not-so-good things happened to us, God was still good. His work for us is good.