God is in the details

I excitedly boarded the aircraft that would take me the first part of the 21-hour trip back to the beautiful land and people that have captured my heart. After swapping seats with someone so that their family could sit together, I was happy to find the seat next to me was empty. Yay, more leg and moving room! I readily buckled, we taxied out, and took to the air.

As the minutes passed, I took advantage of the opportunity to think, to reflect. The time had come that I was no longer just saying I was willing to go, I. Was. Going. The time had arrived for the prayers of faith and words of trust to become actions of faith and trust. It didn't matter that I was feeling completely unready and unequip for this jump. It was time to trust the grace that saved me would be the grace that would lead me, guide me, and walk beside me in each step on the fast-approaching horizon. 

After a bit of time had passed, I popped in my earbuds and tapped shuffle on my rather extensive playlist. These were the first words I heard...

Letting go of every single dream

I lay each one down at your feet

Every moment of my wandering

Never changes what you see

I've tried to win this war, I confess

My hands are weary I need your rest

Mighty warrior, King of the fight

No matter what I face, you're by my side

Truth is, you know what tomorrow brings

There's not a day ahead, you have not seen

So, in all things be my life and breath

I want what you want Lord and nothing less

Those words might not mean all that much to you - although you may think they are very good or even beautiful. But those words, that song has been like "my song" this year. It has often been what I would sing, pray when my heart just couldn't make complete sense of what God was doing. In the times when I would forget that this life was not all my idea, that the longings and desires I found in my heart where not created or put there by me, in these times I knew it was safe to sing,

I will trust, I will trust, I will trust in You!

If I have said it once, I have said it 150 times, but I'm going to say it again...

God is in the details.

It has been God in the seemingly insignificant ways, such as this song being what played first (and what I needed) when I hit shuffle, that floods me with peace and confidence in our Father as I walk this road He has set in front of me.  From the friends in my life who have friends with connections to Kenya to the redirection in plans, He is working in far bigger ways than my mind can grasp. God NEVER fails in His resolved faithfulness and steadfast love to do what is best to save the most people.

And that fully includes saving this broken mess -me.

God be praised for His unwavering design to do all things for His glory and the good of His children.