there's a reason for it..

Here is what I think..that when things dont go the way we planned or the way we were hoping, its because we have no clue!! i know i dont have a clue. This weekend for example..things didnt go the way i expected and I was a lil sad about it..however, i am so okay about it now.. i know that I am not in control of anything, the big or the small things.. Things didnt work out how i planned or expected but i know that there is a reason for that..God sees past today and tomorrow and on into eternity..he knows the whole story..and even though the weekend plans turned out different than i thought or hoped for, i know God has planned it for the best for him and his glory..and in that, it's the best for me.
God puts people in certain situations with certain people and at certain times for specific reasons that only he can see in advance.
And i am excited about this weekend now..i have a lot of fun plans and i will be hanging out with fun people that otherwise i wouldnt have seen..
tonight i am going to see a movie on the lawn at Koka Booth Amphitheatre..a small group of us is going..we are gonna load up our chairs and pack a cooler full of cold drinks and snacks..i'm gonna enjoy the weather, the movie, a cold mountain dew and prob some baked lays..then afterward enjoy the friends around me ...
Tomorrow is July 4th and my brother Josh's 21st bday!! Again a group of people are getting together and heading out to regency park..prob around 3 so we can get a good spot..lay out our blankets and then play cards or throw the football until the fireworks start..there will be plenty of time for relaxing and just catching up with friends...I know ill be tired after the fireworks...i have grown out of my night owl stage.AH.what happened?? haha
then comes Saturday..my aunts, uncles, cousins are all coming to my parents house to celebrate Graduations..my cousin kate graduated from UNCW and my cousin Macie graduated from Lake Norman highschool..i love my family..we will have a great time.. we'll do what we always do: hang around and chat, laugh a lot, eat a lot, and make sure to get in many hugs! haha..oh and there will be gifts involved this time..so fun
Saturday night will prob be a game night..have people over to my parents house, lots of food, play horse shoes, cards, get in the outdoor hot tub and just chill, maybe put in a movie..
Sunday is church, pool, small group..
AND sometime during the weekend we will celebrate Josh's bday!! sounds busy but we will def fit in it...and the funny thing is, Josh will probably want to make his own cake..delish!! i swear he could cook anything with no recipe, you name it..last night he made chicken pastry/chicken pot pie..it was so good..I asked Josh, "did you use a recipe?" .."no" he says..what in the world..i MUST have a recipe..i make some great banana bread i must say..but the list of things i cook is limited..HAHA..yall know that already though..and thanks for still loving me ;-)

So anyway, as i said again..God always puts us right where he wants us..and even if there wasnt fun stuff still going on this weekend, that wouldnt change a thing..God would still have ordained it, even if it didnt seem like an important thing..it still would have been for a reason..God will use the weekend and the events of the weekend and the people he puts in our lives every weekend and everyday for a reason..even if we have no idea that that moment or that conversation, or that random running into and old friend, or that song we hear on the radio...whatever it is..God will use it..but if there is one thing i learned..We have to look for it...God is moving and working in our lives and all around us..But are we sensitive to him, to his Spirit in our heart, to what he shows us through the seemingly insignifacant things in our lives, through the big and the small things..We must take our eyes off of ourselves and look through the eyes that God gives us , eyes that have a vision for eternity and for God's kingdom, the one that will last forever and conquer everything..
I cant wait until the day where it is no longer a daily decision/struggle to see things this way..til the day when i am there, in eternity with Him..