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Wednesday... God's timing and direction is the way to go.

Proverbs 21:1 (NLT), "The king's heart is like a stream of water directed by the LORD; he guides it wherever he pleases."

Wednesday... God's timing and direction is the way to go.

Last night as Margaret and I were headed on Interstate 11 to a birthday meal for Andrew our son-in-law we went by a place that Margaret had worked for 15 years. And it came to me how God had worked it all out for her to work there and the difference it has made in our lives. Our life it seemed is all about God's timing and directing and our following.

Proverbs 21:1 (NLT) says, "The king's heart is like a stream of water directed by the LORD; he guides it wherever he pleases." And our life it seems is like a wandering stream.


We've lived in Colorado three different times. We moved back to Las Vegas from Colorado this last time. Now we loved to explore in the mountains. We love following the streams from where we could step across them and then follow them as they got so big that they created canyons and lakes. Now in no way were they straight. They moved back and forth. Such great memories and that is the way God has worked in our lives. Our lives has been like a stream of water directed by the Lord. And in no way would I ever changed any part of it.

Yes, we have found that God's timing and direction is the way to go. Our life has definitely been like a stream. And we are going through one of those times again. Someone said that you can not really know something is God's will until you go through it and look back on it. And we have found that so true.

The next verse says, "People may be right in their own eyes, but the LORD examines their heart." Again, "The king's heart is like a stream of water directed by the LORD; he guides it wherever he pleases."

Now that doesn't mean that he wants everyone to move all over the US like it seems He has directed us. But it does mean we must have a heart that is directed by the LORD and not our will, our plans, our selfish way. "People may be right in their own eyes, but the LORD examines their heart." And God tests our heart to see many times if we are willing.

Maybe you are going through a confusing time and you are feeling unsettled, kind of like a stream. Just a thought for today. Please remember that God's timing and direction is the way to go. We have found it so. God knows what He is doing. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning




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