God Only Knows What Is Next

 
Hey, friend! It is Friday and if you are reading this it means you and I have both made it through another week! Praise Jesus!

Not long before I embarked on this journey across the country was I  told something very thought provoking and it goes a little like this...

"If God told us what was next in life, we would not do it."
 
As much as I wish this was not true in my life, it really is. This has really been on my heart in the past week and probably will stay there all summer as I am on this journey. I am doing something that if you would have told me I would be doing even 3 months ago I would have never talked to you again.
 
 
As many of you may know, I am in Georgia working at WinShape camps for girls at Young Harris. Yes, you read that right I have come all the way across the country to work at an ALL girls camp. Honestly if I would have even thought about this six moths ago I would have thought it was crazy and also thought about how I have everything I need in Montana. I would have wondered why I should ever leave the North West and go to the heart of the South. I had everything I need and more in Montana, but God laid the South on my heart and now I am here. I never thought I would work at an all girls camp ALL SUMMER and be away from home ALL SUMMER, but God had other plans. These two things have really been growing me as a person and pulling me SO much closer to Jesus.
 
When I applied I knew nothing about this place, all I knew it was in Georgia and that is where God placed on my heart. I didn't even fully realize it was an all girls camp. God knew all the details. He even knew that this is exactly where he wants me this summer. He has made his plan in me being here so clear and evident to me, even as I began this journey almost a month ago.
 
We may have plans in life, but God has greater plans. His plans are ultimately what is going to happen. Even when it is hard we need to trust HIM in what he us doing. Not only does God know where he wants us, but HE also knows what we need.
 
It is my prayer that God would help me to trust HIM in his will for not only this summer, but also my life. I am excited to see what adventures God continues take me on as I ride this roller-coaster called LIFE!
 
 


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