The Best Plan

I meet many people, hear their stories, praying for them, admittedly not understanding all the "why's" of their life, grateful I know there is a way to experience the best life, sharing the hope I stake my life on.  But. I never dismiss the pain. The pain is real, Life was not supposed to be what it has been, parts of life are missing, much of life has been stolen.
Why?
Honestly, many "whys" are unanswerable this side of heaven.  But.  The way through the "whys" is clear.

The thing is . . . we often put more hope into our circumstances than what we realize . . . . until things are so difficult that we don't know what do to.   It is in the times of difficult circumstances when we realize we can't do it on our own, when we feel we are in too deep, when we have gone as far as we can, when we beg God to be real and to to do something. 

Consider. 
We are sure that we live in union with God and that he lives in union with us, because he has given us his Spirit. And we have seen and tell others that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If we declare that Jesus is the Son of God, we live in union with God and God lives in union with us. And we ourselves know and believe the love which God has for us. God is love, and those who live in love live in union with God and God lives in union with them.”
1 John 4:13-16 (TEV)


 Look at the word union, really look at it, and think what it means to join your life with God through Christ, to live in and through His presence and power, the place that nothing and no one can take your life over, to live in the best plan for your life. Christ has released the power to live in union with God, for us to live in the best plan, when He prayed, "Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." 

It is through Christ we realize there is something more in life, there is a reason not to give up, there is a reason to move forward, there is a reason to live beyond the circumstances of the day.

Christ is the best part of life, offering us a way through the "why's" of life to connect our life with God, who created the universe, who said in the darkness, "Let there be light" and there was light, who releases us from the deepest pain, who makes all things possible, who has planned the best life for us. 

Be aware of your union with Christ.
Seek God.
Refuse to worry.
Trust God to make a way.
Step into the plan, the best plan for your life, today and tomorrow.
Experience what God has for you, beyond your circumstances, where heaven and earth collide through Jesus' prayer.

Learning to Kickstart the day living in the best plan,
Kerrie

(written by Kerrie Carlisle Palmer © 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)