Mrs Becky Williams
Pastors Wife
Youngstown Baptist Church
Youngstown, OH
God
Has a Better Plan
When
I was a teen girl I had a picture of what I wanted my life to be
like. I wanted to marry the man of my dreams, have beautiful
children, live near my family, and serve in the same church that my
whole family attended. They were simple dreams, but its what I had in
mind. Of course, we've all heard if you want to make God laugh, tell
him your plans.
I
did get to marry the man of my dreams, and 13 years later I can
honestly say I love him more now than I even did then. Shortly after
we were married, my husband felt the call to the ministry and
specifically knew that God wanted us to move to the city of
Youngstown to be His tool in starting a church ( I always hesitate to
say we started a church, because it was so evident that it was God
and not us.) I remember thinking I didn't like this plan, that God's
plan would make me unhappy. Like Isaiah 55:8 says, my ways were not
His ways, and of course, I thought mine were better. Can I say
though, even though my surrender was done probably not in the best of
spirits, I'm so glad I surrendered. Ministry is hard, but I love it!
How blessed I feel, to see God work. Sure there are hard times, but
many Sunday mornings during the singing I will start to tear up as I
look around and see what God has done! I'm glad His ways were not my
ways and my faith has grown so much as I've seen what He is capable
of.
Recently
the Lord has tested my faith again as we entered the world of
adoption. You see in 13 years of marriage, those beautiful children
never arrived and we had been praying and praying. In March of last
year, an opportunity to adopt was brought before us and we excitedly
started our home study. Around Mother's Day, we found out it wasn't
to be and I was devastated, but you see again God had another plan.
In September, we found out about a baby to be born the next month
that needed a home and the Lord so sweetly allowed us to adopt him.
There is a sign in our nursery that says, "How is it possible
that out of all the little boys in the world, we got the best one."
That is exactly how we feel. How excited I am to have celebrated my
very first Mother's Day yesterday! Not only did God have another
plan, but in every case, looking back I could see that God had a
BETTER plan.
Have
you hit a detour in your life? Are you going through something that
you wouldn't have chosen or wasn't in your 20 year plan? Just
remember Proverbs 3:5,"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;
and lean not unto thine own understanding." We need to trust Him
and follow the direction He gives us for our lives, because when we
do, His plan is far better than anything we could have thought of on
our own. How blessed are we to follow the One who can turn our ashes
into beauty, our mourning into joy, and our heaviness into
praise(Isaiah 61:3)! God ALWAYS has a BETTER plan!
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