Twenty-seven years ago today Landon arrived, helping to fulfill my dream of motherhood and what I hoped would be the beginning of my nine boy dream family.
I soon learned that God had a different plan for me as one, two, three then four daughters followed Landon into our family. Deciding our family was complete, I resigned to the fact that Landon would be my one and only son.
The divine interventions that then took place to insure the birth of our son Waylon are miraculous and are something I thank my Father in Heaven for everyday.
So when I recently cried unto the Lord telling Him that I didn’t want Him to help make my dreams come true, I meant it. “You see things that I can’t see.” I told Him. “Please make your dreams for me come true.”
“Tell me about the God you love; tell me about what He has inspired uniquely in you; tell me about what you’re going to do about it, and a plan for your life will be pretty easy to figure out from there.” ~~Bob Goff
I know I have to start with a plan–guided by the inspirations God has placed into my heart–and that I must decide what I’m going to do about setting that plan in motion. But just as God helped to tweak my plan for motherhood, replacing my dream of nine sons for something that was a much better fit for me, I know He can do the same for me now.
Which is why–after becoming bogged down with the what next, what-ifs and whys of my recent plans–I surrendered to the Lord, asking Him to guide me to His dreams, “Your dreams for me are always better than my own.” I said.
So much better.
