Trust in the Lord

I am the type of person that has a plan for everything.  I know what I want and I am a very decisive person.  With that being said, I really do not enjoy change.  However, I have been experiencing a lot of change recently and I have really had to rely on God and trust that He has the best plans in store for me.

I will give a few examples of things that have not gone the way I imagined or planned.  I always imagined that I would meet and fall in love with my future husband while in college and get married after I had graduated at about the age of 23.  In reality, I met my fiance when I was 16 when I had no interest in dating and now I will be married at the age of 20.  When deciding where to go to college, I only applied to one school- Virginia Wesleyan.  I was set on going to Virginia Wesleyan for four years and did not want to even consider going anywhere else.  Well, I stayed at VWC for one semester and after a lot of prayer, decided to transfer to Regent.  I have also wanted to be a teacher for as long as I can remember and could not imagine myself doing anything else.  I have done internships and worked with children for many years and have loved it.  Well the Lord has shown me this week that teaching is not for me anymore.  He has opened up so many doors and opportunities for me elsewhere, so I am changing my major.  This is something I never thought I would do, but I am taking this leap of faith because I believe this is what the Lord is telling me to do.  

All of that being said, we can make plans in our lives, but the Lord is the one who always has the final word.  We must let the Lord guide us and trust that He has the best plans for our lives.  We need to realize that He has planned every single detail of our lives and He is in control.  His plans are much higher than our own.  We must seek Him first and pray that we would follow His will and honor and glorify Him in every aspect of our lives.
"We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps" Proverbs 16:9

Blessings!

Dani