I'll show up and take care of you...

If you had asked me 2 months ago what I would be doing this summer I would have told you I was going to be in Raleigh nannying, watching my mom's house while she was in Paris and finishing up some summer school requirements. I would not have told you that I would be leading (with two other young adults) a 3 week trip to Bolivia for 12 high schoolers. I would have told you I don't want to go back to Bolivia unless I could see my friends from last summer and go with my sisters from last summer. I would have told you I don't want to work with high schoolers because they are too immature. I would have told you a lot.
Oh how little I know. I did lead a trip with 2 other "young adults" ... I did work with high schoolers (and LOVED IT!) much to my surprise and NONE of it I planned or knew would happen.


But as it says in Jeremiah 29:11 "I'll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home. I know what I'm doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for."

I am beginning to get it. HE has a plan. So as I said to a friend the other day my plan is to follow the Lord. That may not seem like a plan to some but to me it is the ONLY plan I can make. I have tried and tried to line up things in my life but as I have seen over and over His plan is better and prevails over mine.

The Lord's provision and gentleness over the past two months have brought me into a whole new trust and love for Him. He has been so gentle as He leads me to lay down my idol of control and trust in His plan. He fulfilled His promises to provide as He provided an amazing team of high schoolers whose passion for the Lord pushed me daily, an organization that empowers, equips and believes that this generation is going to bring change a broken world and co-leaders who showed me what it means to live with NO plan and trust the Lords provision for everything.

I was battling with the name of this blog post between "I'll show up and take care of you" and "blessing on top of blessing." That is what these past two months have been. Blessing on top of blessing. I had no idea what the Lord was going to do... But I cannot imagine my summer looking any different now... He knew what I needed. He knew and knows the plans He has for me. I am letting go and letting God flow. If He has gotten me this far then I am believing He will continue to provide and make a way for me!