Monday, August 30, 2010

Hearing from God Each Morning (August 21)

This blog is about today’s devotion in the book Hearing from God Each Morning by Joyce Meyer.

Today’s verse is Proverbs 19:21, which says, “Many plans are in a man’s mind, but it is the Lord’s purpose for him that will stand.”

Sometimes I make plans and then pray to God that they will work. I learned this in my most recent relationship. I know now that it was not what God wanted, and God made it fail miserably. I feel that it was God’s will that we would be separated by what seemed to be life, but I know to be God.

Relationships are a place where I haven’t been really listening to God’s voice, and I’ve felt really convicted of that lately. That’s why I’ve made a promise to God not to date, or look to date, until October. I know that is only a month and a half, but I’m taking baby steps. Maybe when October comes, I’ll be able to pledge another month of not dating. I know that I won’t enter into a relationship that I do not pray about before it starts. If the guy I am interested in (and is interested in me) does not understand or accept this, they are not putting God first, and that relationship is not of God, either.

It’s a long process, but I am learning to pray before making plans instead of making plans then praying that they work.

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