Still...a small voice

Just Imagine....


I bet you were expecting a big purple dinosaur. Anytime I hear "Just Imagine" I think of Barney. Barney and my daughter, Taylor. When Tay was a little 4 yr old in dance class, she hated that song, and I do mean HATED!!! We would play a cassette ( yes we had cassettes back then) of her dance songs and everytime that song came on, she would yell "change it". For whatever reason that song struck a nerve in her.

Seriously though, when you look back, did you imagine that where you are right now, is where you would be?

Did you imagine a life better than the one you are currently living? Did life surpass your expectations?

As I was watching Veggietales with my grandson, they were teaching about our plans vs God's plans for us, and it really got me thinking.

Let me tell you, the life I have now, is not even close to the one that I had imagined for myself. WHen I was a teenager, I had decided that I would graduate High School, move to a big city, and perhaps work in a glamorous industry like fashion, or modeling, I would travel and go to fancy parties and be SOOO happy.

Well, this was God's plan... I fell in love at 16 and found myself pregnant at 17 and gave birth to my daughter, Tara, just 4 months after turning 18. I know what you may be thinking, God didn't plan on you being an unwed mother. Well, I think He did. You see, God used that to save me from myself. From my self-centered, self-indulgent dreams. I never even considered motherhood. That didn't fit into my glamorous life.MY plan was far more exciting than this plan of God's.

Here's what they say " You want to hear God laugh? Tell HIM YOUR plans"

To make a long story short, God used a beautiful, tiny baby girl to show me HE was in control. This young girl that had no interest in children, held that baby girl and I felt my heart fill with love in a way that I had never known. At that very moment, my dreams changed, they were no longer my dreams. they were dreams for my Tara.

I know, without a doubt that I was created to be a Mom, and I know that if it were up to me, I would have missed out on the greatest blessings, my children. I would have been a self-centered. egotistical human being. But, lucky for us, God does more for us than we could ever imagine

 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, Ephesians3:20

I thank God everyday that His plans for me were way bigger than my biggest dreams. 
Don't limit yourself and don't put limits on God, the life He has created you for will far surpass anything you can think or....Just Imagine.

Keep Believing,
Shelly