What are Your Plans?

Back sore, muscles talking to me, but it was so worth it.

Bruce, Sandra and I held an afternoon session in Brisbane. Hoping to encourage some of the people who follow the Daily devotionals in The Catholic Guy Ministry or Heart Ministry.

What happened was special.

Firstly, we were encouraged by the people who came. We went away ourselves feeling like we were ministered to!

But the main reason it was good was that the Holy Spirit was present. We are believing for His work in us to continue to transform all our hearts.

I came away reflective. Asking God for greater direction and His hand to be upon me and our Ministries in the years to come.

I have the time. (If God wills it.)

I have the effort (even though my body does not keep up.) I just need greater clarity. I need the strength from the Holy Spirit.

I need to know that I’m going in the right direction. That my steps are purposeful and not wasted.

I guess that is what happens when we age. We want to make sure that the time we have left, that it is of some benefit to someone, and my Lord and saviour is pleased with my efforts.

I heard a song many years ago and the theme and title of the song struck an eternal chord within me.

The song was called, Audience of One.

The lyrics shared how all our life we strive for things, for success but the most important thing was that we did everything for the audience of The One. Our Holy Lord. That all we needed at the end of our life was to hear the words, “Well done, good and faithful servant. Welcome into my Kingdom! I have prepared your own room for you.”

Have you reflected upon your future plans? Do they align up with God’s plans for you? Or have you never thought about it?

May these jottings from my journal inspire you to believe in and fall in love with Christ- the hope of the world, as stated in Jeremiah 17:7, ‘Blessed is the man who believes and trusts in and relies on the Lord and whose hope and confident expectation is the Lord!’

Love

Rosemary

Every week groups of ladies meet together to chat about the things I raise in my weekly blog post and to chat about life in general. We call these ‘Heart Connect’ groups.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Have you ever thought about how your plans align with God’s plans? If so, what have you found?

Have you ever made changes to your plans after discerning what you think God’s plan has been?

What do you think God is saying to you now?