Thoughts and Other Things

As Christians we usually begin our year with a season of prayer. In this time, we seek God’s face and counsel for the starting year. I would usually come with a mental list of resolutions and plans to present in my prayers. Wanting God to modify and sign them off. After all, Proverbs 16 does teach us to commit everything we do to the Lord so that our plans will succeed. Problem was, I had been doing this for years and had reached a point of frustration. I committed my plans to God, but they did not necessarily succeed. I ended off 2018 trying to find serenity in my frustration because nothing seemed to make sense, things weren’t falling into place as I had been expecting them to. So when this year began, I considered a different approach, I prayed differently. Instead of coming with a list already compiled, I asked God what should be on my list. I asked him what my plans should be, what I should pursue and what direction I should take with my life. In that time of prayer, I got