who's the planner??? {encouraged}

I'm a planner.

My life has been smooth sailing: boy meets girl, girl loves boy, girl graduates college, boy & girl get married, boy graduates college, girl gets her credential, boy & girl enter the career world....

and you all know what is supposed to happen next:

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And even though that was the original plan, you have to let go when the plan doesn't go the way you wanted it to.  Have you ever felt like you were born to be something or do something.  I have always known I wanted to be a mother.  I swoon over babies and can't wait to get my hands on them.  

We may have originally planned to start family planning now, but that plan is now a new one.  With grad school not even at the half-way mark, having a baby right now just doesn't fit.  And I know there will never be a perfect time for a baby....but what I DO know is that my plans are futile.  My life is not my own.  God is the ultimate planner.  

There are days when it is hard that the plan isn't going to happen at this moment, we have to wait to have a family, and we will continue to chug along this path of career & school.  But it is in that weary time that I have to have hope-knowing that His plans are so much more greater than my own.  

I was recently talking to a friend of mine that has truly been a blessing to me.  She reminded me to be content with life and this verse totally popped into my head:

"You're blessed when you're content with just who you are-no more, no less.  That's the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can't be bought." 

Matthew 5:5 (MSG)

I must find contentment in God's plan.  No, a baby is not in His plan for us right now.  But, I can't waste my time with sadness when He has planned for something greater.  The husband and I have been able to spend so much quality time with each other and it is a blessing to see how important it is to focus on that versus what we don't have in our lives yet.  

I must trust God's plan, slow down, and enjoy the ride!