{"id":2116,"date":"2015-07-02T20:01:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T00:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etheriedge.wordpress.com\/?p=2116"},"modified":"2020-12-01T13:04:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T18:04:04","slug":"big-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/02\/big-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Home. Our vacation was wonderful&#8230; I&#8217;d have been happy to stay, but I&#8217;m thankful to be back too. We leave again soon to gather all the family and sprinkle ashes near my parent&#8217;s favorite summer spot. \u00a0So many changes, so much <em>up in the air<\/em>\u00a0(&#8230;what&#8217;s next for us?) and yet, I feel content.<\/p>\n<p>I look around the house and see lots of things I need to accomplish. We have decisions to make and no clear answers from God. I should feel turmoil, still I&#8217;ve learned that God has <em>His<\/em> plan and <em>His<\/em> own timetable. My loving Father, knows my name and cares &#8211; He&#8217;s in control. He will direct today, tomorrow and beyond. His dreams for us are bigger than mine. Those are the dreams I want to know, because He can <em>make<\/em> them happen!<\/p>\n<p>For me, there can be no <em>my way,<\/em>\u00a0just <em>His Way<\/em>\u00a0will do. And knowing I get to come along for the ride everyday, every moment, watching <strong><em>His awesome deeds<\/em><\/strong> (Psalm 65:5) is enough. Changing hearts, working things together for a greater good&#8230; I can count on that. Even in the midst of world chaos or confusing social issues &#8211;\u00a0<em>God is at work!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You have your own ministry, so do I. We are <strong><em>fellow heirs<\/em><\/strong> (Gal. 4:7) in God&#8217;s Kingdom; <strong><em>being fitted together into a holy temple<\/em><\/strong> (Eph 2:22). We serve God right where we are, whatever we do\u00a0as we commit ourselves to Him<em>.<\/em>\u00a0Prayers matter&#8230; our concern matters&#8230; our feelings of <em>being pulled<\/em> toward another life matters. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He is molding us to be more like Jesus.<br \/><strong>Because He promised. <\/strong><br \/><strong>Because we ask<\/strong>.<br \/><strong>Because He wants it more than we do.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So today, I&#8217;ll fill up my calendar with necessary appointments and sit at my desk and work hard, not forgetting the One with<em> The Plan<\/em>. I can hear Him calling, &#8220;w<em>alk with Me,&#8221; &#8220;stay with Me,&#8221; &#8220;know Me, because I long to be known, and<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I love with an everlasting love<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ForGlorySake!<\/strong> <em>-Anna<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/img_1151.jpg?resize=640%2C214&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/img_1151.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/img_1151.jpg?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Sunset Art by God<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home. Our vacation was wonderful&#8230; I&#8217;d have been happy to stay, but I&#8217;m thankful to be back too. We leave again soon to gather all the family and sprinkle ashes near my parent&#8217;s favorite summer spot. \u00a0So many changes, so &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/02\/big-plan\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1420,8,9,10],"tags":[156,158,1607,227,1606,303,339,1605],"class_list":["post-2116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","category-practical-life","category-spiritual-growth","category-trust","tag-content","tag-control","tag-ephesians-222","tag-everlasting-love","tag-galations-47","tag-god-at-work","tag-gods-plan","tag-psalm-655"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paUt4s-y8","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2116"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5616,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions\/5616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}