Finding Your Way – The Choices of Others

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be: and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 1:9

Back in the day when I was a younger mom, single and very envious of those I thought were doing better than myself, a sister in Christ said, “I’ve learned to grow where I’ve been planted.” Back then l was puzzled by her statement.  Honestly her savory words went over my head because she was one of those people I envied.  She was married and her children had a father; therefore, I’d summed up her life as the greatest!  Never comprehending everything she knew and loved with the exception of her husband and their children was down South as she learned to live in Colorado.  And as a young woman she was having to navigate through life’s journey trusting God’s promises without being under her parent(s) love and guidance.  Today, I feel great shame about my past mindset. It never dawned on me that she was making the best of life despite a choice or a series of choices made outside of self.

PRAYER

Father God, thank you for life.  Today I pray for those that struggle with envy.  It shields true feelings concerning fear, failure, hate and starting over.  In essence it’s robbing people of living their best life.  Give their minds and restless spirits your peace in learning and putting into action how to grow where they’ve been planted despite unfavorable choices.  Amen