Touche` God......

Admittedly, I have been complaining about my job lately...it's just not what I saw myself doing. However, it is a very humbling task and maybe I needed that. God allows setbacks in our plans and we don't always understand why. Life is like one of those "choose your own adventure" books. You come to a fork in the road and you have a couple of options. Only, if you make the wrong choice, you don't get to flip back and pick the other option; you have to live with the consequences of your decision. And while it may seem that we've been on the wrong road for a very long time, or that the book has simply been closed, sometimes we need those detours to get back on the right path. God never gives up on us; He has a plan for us and no matter how badly we muck it up, He will find a way to get us headed in the right direction again. He also reminded me today that we are to bring glory to Him in all that we do, not just once we get from point A to point B. Our relationship with Him is meant to be an ongoing thing, not just a "Hey thanks" when we feel we've reached our destination. If our relationship with God is a friendship, then we are supposed to enjoy our time with Him and worship Him and praise Him always. If we were going on a road trip with a friend, we would talk to them and laugh with them throughout the journey; we wouldn't ignore them until we hit the final spot. And if we took a wrong turn somewhere and experienced a different part of the country than we'd intended, we would still roll with it and continue to enjoy the company of our friend.