Perspective

Yesterday my new walker came. It is shiny and blue. The wheels work great, it has 2 brakes that do their job and a cute basket I can put stuff in. I joked that it was funny as a 27 year old I was excited or even interested in a walker. Then, thinking and praying about it last night I realized how incredibly blessed I am to have been given this gift from the Lord. Now, I know to many this does not seem like a very good gift (I am one of those people). But I know it is. In these last 4 years God  has taught me so much about His faithfulness and what it means to trust Him. I know I would not have learned many of the lessons without this gift in my life. Does this mean I never get frustrated? No. Does this mean I never question God's motives in all of this? No. Unfortunately more often than I would like to admit, I struggle with this gift. I let the fear, anxiety and pain take me to a place of doubt instead of a place of trust. Now, I don't know what "present" God has put in your life. Maybe your spouse left you, maybe your child is being rebellios, maybe at this point everything in your life seems to be going according to plan. Well, you know what, in anythin you are going through, God is using that in your life for a purpose. He is molding you into something beautiful. I joke that I am done with the molding and would like to be taken out of the kiln and able to cool for a little bit. But, that is not the gift God has given me. I simply need to trust through the trial and know He has an amazing plan through all of this.