All The Chaos Comes Together In Your Hands Like A Masterpiece

I've written and deleted this first sentence a few times.....Today has been a hard day...sometimes when it rains it really does pour and there are so many heavy burdens right now on members of my church family with loved ones who are facing very serious health issues.  I didn't even know where I should go today to be supportive and encouraging and to make sure Brad was freed up to get where he would need to be to pray with families.

I wanted to be more places than were humanly possible for me.....we were tag-teaming each other a little bit and changing plans because of our family commitments and church priorities.  Right now, he is praying with a sweet lady who may not live through the night.

I went to a few minutes of a Baby Shower for a friend and the beginning turned into a really good time of prayer...which I (and many others) probably needed more than anything today.  After that, Brad and I talked and he needed me to take over with the girls because he was needed elsewhere.

On the way to switch places with him I was thinking about this weekend.  He is planning to preach, but he really hasn't even had time to think through his message.  He knows he is going to use the concept of a time machine from some things we talked about earlier this week that God was sharing with both of us...and he is going to challenge our graduates, but he always wants to make sure it is a challenge for everyone.  So, I was praying for him as I was going from Jackson to Spring Arbor that God would give him the exact message He wants him to bring to our church even though he really has not had, nor will probably get...the time he usually likes to have to prepare.... or, that God would give me some words or insight that I could share with him.  Then I passed someone in front of me and this bus came into my view....you're gonna love this...

Does GOD ever give you a blessing as big as a BUS?!  HE'S CRAZY!  The back of the bus has the same design...and I was like, "Lord....you are so awesome....you can be so funny and so serious at the same time!"...."HOW DO YOU DO THAT?"...He makes my soul smile....if that is even possible....nothing is impossible with Him, right!?  And then, as I was letting that thought sink in, the song Already There came on the radio....I LOVE THE UNDENIABLE GOD MOMENTS!

The words are perfect for today...perfect for that exact moment...

behind that silly TIME TRAVELERS bus...crying and laughing :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtg9axTtNLg

From where I'm standing...Lord it's so hard for me to see where this is going and where you're leading me.  I wish I knew how all my fears and all my questions are gonna play out in a world I can't control.

When I'm lost in the mystery, to You my future is a memory...cause You're already there..

You're already there, standing at the end of my life...waiting on the other side.

From where You're standing, Lord, You see a grand design that You imagined when you breathed me into life.  And all the chaos comes together in Your hands like a masterpiece (LOVE THAT LINE!) of Your picture perfect plan.

One day I'll stand before You and look back on the life I've lived.  I can't wait to enjoy the view and see how all the pieces fit.