Signs

Our 5k that we put on every year was postponed due to rain and flooding, that morning calling it off was such a hard choice. I told my mom that the rain was mocking me because as soon as I postponed the rain stopped.

I will come back to that but I want to tell a story first, how I was reminded of another way God showed me he was with me, while driving home from work on my what would have been my Papa’s 102nd birthday (June 12) a memory popped into my head, of course while listening to a song I had never heard before that reminded me of my papa (that’s a story of another time)

God tends to talk to me through music, that I now feel called to share.

If you know me you know that I ran cross country in high school, There is only one meet that my cheering squad didn’t show up to. My Junior Year Willow Springs, we ran a meet on there golf course. My dad had to work and my mama had parent teacher conferences. Which for timeline would have made this meet Mid October ish.

I remember on the back side of the course there was a small hill, not as big of hills as we normally ran but it still was there. While running up there were no other runners around me at the time and there also wasn’t any adults from our team there cheering. At the top of this small hill there were a couple trees, then as I get to the top clear as day my Nana came around one of those trees.

Now reading this you are probably thinking “Your Cheering squad did show up, what’s the point in this story?”

Well I left 2 important details out, 1) Nana and Papa didn’t come to cross country meets it was to difficult for them to get around and 2) Nana died at the end of June the summer between my Sophomore and Junior year, 2 weeks before I turned 16.

So you see, God sent me a sign that even though I was alone that I wasn’t really alone. He gave me to support I needed in that moment.

Now back to now, the week leading up to the 5k lets be honest it was falling apart with so many different details, as soon as I postponed the rain stopped and so many of the details that were falling apart I was able to put back together. Plus so many more.

Now registation has doubled, and so many other opportunities opened up for me.

God showed me again, the he has my back and I have his support.

The morning when I made the call to my mother in law about postponing she told me about a post she had seen on facebook that read

“God’s Timing not Mine. God’s Will, not Mine. God’s Plan, not Mine. God’s Glory, not Mine.”

when you google that sentence Luke 22:42 comes up as the reference for it and it says “Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me; nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”

This is when Jesus is praying to the garden about going to the cross, he is asking if there is any other way but also knows that this is the way.

He knows that God’s plan will always work out. No matter how tough and heartbreaking it seems in the moment.

So no matter if you are running up a hill or your week just falls apart

Know that God’s plan is right there, the he is there with you and you have his support.